Opinion
State Telecom Costs Out Of Line
Partly as a result of legislative actions since 2001, North Carolina communities impose a relatively high tax burden on communications services.
Opinion
A Good Case for Prohibition
Rep. Mary McAllister has lots of critics regarding her compensation as head of a state-funded nonprofit in Fayetteville.
Opinion
Seeing the Principle Through the Smoke
In a free society, those who seek to engineer social change are hardly powerless. They just can’t resort to force or fisticuffs.
Opinion
The Heart of North Carolina and America
It's easy to find good examples of the positive power of the private sector.
Opinion
Unintended Consequences of the Protests
Helping to stop immigration reform is precisely the opposite effect of what the recent demonstrators intended. But that's how things often work out.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
How do we ensure poor students attain grade level proficiency? Increasingly, policymakers are latching on to class-size reduction as a cure-all, imbuing smaller classes with the power to eradicate intractable achievement gaps.
Opinion
When Worlds Collide
There is a fundamental conflict of visions in the debate about North Carolina’s transportation challenges. The opponents live in two different worlds.
Opinion
Flashback: A Higher Test for Subsidy
It is a social cost, not a social gain, when marginally qualified students attend and later drop out of state-subsidized colleges.
Opinion
Vouchers and the suburban response
NEW YORK, NY — The following report looks at the policy, political, and legal barriers that may limit the expansion of large-scale voucher programs. It concludes by suggesting that the movement may be offensive to the middleclass and suburban voters.
Opinion
Not A Progressive Solution
A new UNC hospital is still under construction but is already running $20 million over its $180 million budget. Someone’s got to pay – should smokers?
Opinion
Measuring Government’s Results
Government measurements offer helpful information only if the government chooses appropriate measures.
Opinion
A Theater of the Absurd
What the voters were told about Amendment One in 2004 was garbage. The only use of TIF bonds to date shows clearly that there are neither sufficient safeguards nor guarantees that they will be used for viable enterprises.
