It’s election season in North Carolina again. Think local politics isn’t all that important? Then you haven’t been paying attention lately.
In a slightly nuanced version of the classic Bootleggers and Baptists scenario, a number of U.S. manufacturers are seeking sweeping new regulation of their industries. These include some of the biggest manufacturers in the lighting—and thus the light bulb—industry. Incandescent bulbs could become extinct, albeit at a higher cost to the producer. If manufacturers are willing to impose new costs on themselves, how is it that consumers will do pennance for the bargain?
The market for carbon offsets reminds this writer of a literary classic.
Nearly a third of North Carolina’s bridges rate as deficient, ranking us 39th-best in the nation.
Recent data place American students on an upward academic trajectory. Results from Tuesday’s release of the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the “Nation’s Report Card,” reveal reading and math gains for both elementary and middle school students.
I consider it to be a hopeful sign that only one-fifth of think tanks in the United States are based in Washington, D.C.
The problem is that planners so often venture underneath the hood of the local economic engine to tinker with its moving parts using tools entirely unsuited to the task.
Both in North Carolina and the nation as a whole, manufacturing continues to be a strong, productive component of a growing economy.
Mainstream journalism is in the worst shape it's been in since maybe when "The Yellow Kid" was still on the comics pages, but where is the concern from the J-school deans?
Some people believe the government should save us from our own unhealthy eating habits.
Governments haven’t gotten bloated because politicians have forced handouts upon unwilling citizens. It is a natural human temptation to welcome something for nothing.
