Opinion
Flashback: On Cantankerous Carolina
With our country facing a host of challenges and controversies, I would like to see North Carolina play its unique, cantankerous role in the national debate again.
Opinion
So, it
The lead story in the Sunday, May 27, print version of The News & Observer wasn't written by an N&O reporter or the Associated Press, nor any other supposedly impartial wire service. It was written by a left-liberal organization.
Opinion
Get Rid of the Rat, Not the House
Lawmakers should not rush toward the wrong solutions for constituents' problems.
Opinion
A Logical Definition of a Tax
No one is forced to buy cigarettes or alcohol, but if you choose to do so, you must pay excise tax -- and everyone, properly, calls it a tax.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
This week, K-12 education dominated both airwaves and print media, meaning even the most diehard education junkies got their news fix. Here’s a quick run-down on some of the high (and low) points.
Opinion
Wasteful Spending at High Speed
Municipalities in North Carolina and elsewhere seem fascinated with the prospect of creating government-owned broadband networks.
Opinion
Pro-Community, Anti-Communitarian
Communitarians are collectivists of a bland and moderate sort. They don’t typically indulge in the large-scale, central-planning fantasies.
Opinion
A Check List for Business Starts
Politicians across the spectrum say that they want North Carolina to be a more attractive place for small business and entrepreneurship. Here's a to-do list.
Opinion
Why not vaccinate?
The fact that past immunization programs have been enormously beneficial to society doesn't mean that every vaccination program is part of a sound policy. The public health policy toward immunizations in general should be separated from the recent controversy over administering the Gardisill vaccine to nine-year-olds. The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that mandatory human papillomavirus vaccination 'has undermined public confidence and created a backlash among parents.'
Opinion
Two Tales of One Budget
An assessment of the N.C. House budget plan depends on the assessor's outlook.
Opinion
If It’s Wright, It Can Also Be Wrong
I hereby swear not to make any cracks about undercover investigations, strange political bedfellows, or airing dirty linens in public.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
Debate about No Child Left Behind’s (NCLB) accountability provisions continues to simmer as Congress embarks on the law’s lengthy reauthorization process. Passed five years ago as President George W. Bush’s signature education legislation, NCLB has struggled mightily under the weight of high expectations.
