Opinion
Shooting the Bullet: Women and Firearm Protection
Overcoming a fear of guns can help a woman protect herself against an attack.
Opinion
Spend Too Much, Teach Too Little
Despite America’s overall devotion to free enterprise and individual choice, we have one of the most privileged government education monopolies in the developed world.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
Traditional North Carolina public schools will open their doors next week under mounting pressure to perform. Last Friday, the Department of Public Instruction released Preliminary 2007 Results of Average Yearly Progress (AYP) for each school in the state, and the news wasn’t good: this past year, more and more schools failed to measure up to federal requirements.
Opinion
Those Voter-Disowned Elections
What happens when judicial candidates lack sufficient resources to communicate with millions of North Carolina voters?
Opinion
When Washington Started A War
It was the war that made America, and George Washington was involved right from the beginning. But don’t think Paul Revere and crossing the Delaware.
Opinion
A Low Rank In Health Ownership
If it’s a good idea for voters to “own” elections, why isn’t it also a worthy goal for consumers to own their own health-care policies?
Opinion
No. 951 How “Elastic” Are Lottery Sales
North Carolina will be making the 2-year-old lottery more attractive to play. As part of the just-concluded state budget, the lottery rules were changed to permit higher prize payouts. The hope is that better winnings will increase ticket sales and increase profits, or net proceeds, to the state.
Opinion
The Six-Step Rehab: What I Did During My Summer Vacation
Virtually everyone can take steps to play to their strengths. They'll also benefit from dropping the things they loathe.
Opinion
A Passion Gap, At Least For Now
If the election were to be held next week, it seems likely that passionate Democratic voters would outnumber their dispirited Republican counterparts at the polls.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
Thanks to the actions of U.S. government officials, we will soon get a chance to discover whether ignorance really is bliss. According to the August 9th online edition of Newsweek, American students will no longer participate in the international Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
Opinion
No. 950 A Short History of the Lost State of Franklin in Western N.C.
In North Carolina, regionalism has existed since day one. In August 1784, western North Carolinians established the State of Franklin — “the only de facto state that functioned in every aspect of statal power,” writes historian Samuel Cole Williams. After a civil war in the mountains, however, the “Lost State of Franklin” ceased in February 1789.
Opinion
The Big-Money Lawsuit That Failed
The public-school establishment tucked itself to bed each night as if it were Christmas Eve, with visions of court-ordered fiscal plums dancing in its head.
