Opinion
Act Now, But Act Wisely
Yes, the United States Congress should renew the federal Voting Rights Act. But no, it should not be renewed without some significant reforms.
Opinion
On the Dewey Decimate System
The subtitle of a new book on John Dewey reads: “How the patron saint of schools has corrupted teaching and learning.” It’s all too true.
Opinion
Three for the Holiday
July 4th is a celebration of William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn. Well, it's not just a celebration of these three men's accomplishment.
Opinion
Easing up, or moving out?
A loosening of restrictions on Raleigh landlords could open the door to increased threats of eminent domain takings.
Opinion
More Power to Us
America’s power companies are going to build nuclear-power capacity over the next two decades. Much of it will be in the Southeast, including North Carolina.
Opinion
Taxes, Nonprofits, & Coercing Charity
Charity and coercion are not the same. They are not brother and sister. They aren’t even distant cousins.
Opinion
An Eye Exam for Lawmakers
The North Carolina General Assembly is about to fashion a budget compromise and give it final approval. The result will be an incredibly shortsighted fiscal plan.
Opinion
Standardized testing support fading?
NEW YORK, NY — Necessary, but not sufficient, might be one way to sum up attitudes about standards and testing five years into No Child Left Behind and over a dozen years into the so-called standards movement in American education.
Opinion
The Case for Freedom-Zoned Elections
This may shock you. There is a bill being discussed during the 2006 legislative sessions that would take a bad idea and make it worse.
Opinion
Consumers vs. Big Government, Big Environmentalism, & “Really Big Oil”
The environmental movement and its friends in government drive up prices at the pump.
Opinion
Seeing Politics in the Stars
A vacation blast from the past: The undeniable, inescapable truth that Star Trek is liberal and Star Wars is conservative.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
Nineteenth century German Prussian politician Otto von Bismarck had this to say about the legislative process: “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” His observation could easily describe recent goings-on in Raleigh, as the General Assembly pushes through North Carolina’s 2006-07 budget.
