Opinion
The Session’s End — Or Is It?
The NC Senate has gone, apparently for good, but the House vows to stay in Raleigh and keep passing bills. Here’s hoping that the forces of inaction and delay prevail in the session-end spat.
Opinion
Inevitability Express Hits Principle
North Carolina will remain the only state on the East Coast not to have a state-run lottery. Its failure this year is a moment to be savored not just by lottery opponents but all who doubt the existence of political principle.
Opinion
Lawsuit filed challenging NCLB
HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has made good on his nearly 5-month-old threat to sue the U.S. Department of Education over the No Child Left Behind Act, making his state the first to take its objections about the law to the federal courts.
Opinion
Not in the Tank for the GOP
Liberal activists continue to believe that they can restore the fortunes of the Democratic Party by funding new think tanks. But conservative and libertarian think tanks were’t created for partisan purposes.
Opinion
Say to the Markets:
One of the most famous misstatements in economics is "Supply creates its own Demand." It was improperly identified by John Maynard Keynes as Say's Law. Does the real Say's Law hold true for the market of genetically identical dogs?
Opinion
Crunch Time for Controversies
Several hotly debated issues will be disposed of one way or the other this week as the General Assembly tries to wrap up the 2005 session. They include minimum wage, lottery, lobbying, and death penalty proposals.
Opinion
Student achievement and teachers
WASHINGTON, DC — Good teachers form the foundation of good schools, and improving teachers' skills and knowledge is one of the most important investments of time and money that we make in education.
Opinion
No. 850: Gasoline Prices Must Be Put in Perspective
Dr. Roy Cordato explains today's "high" gasoline prices. When adjusted for inflation, they compare favorably with prices of decades ago.
Opinion
The ABCs of Public Legislation
Lawmakers are getting scrutiny, once again, for taking per-diem checks even though they are really in session in Raleigh this week. That’s not really the right way to see the problem, though.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
The last chapter for the 2005 General Assembly changing the cap on charter schools has been written. Again, the GOMs (Gatekeepers of Mediocrity) seem to have won.
Opinion
The Politicians’ Poor Fiscal Choices
State and local politicians are throwing hundreds of millions of dollars into low-priority projects such as a NASCAR museum, an underutilized airport, and state-funded city park that city officials didn’t apply for.
Opinion
Don’t Get Used to It
Health and human services spending, of which Medicaid is the chief element, will grow at a slower rate in FY 2005-06 than North Carolina’s overall state budget will. But that’s not saying much, and changes are still needed.
