Our state has gotten freer
Maximizing freedom is a core conservative goal. Over the past 10 years of largely conservative governance in North Carolina, we have made significant progress toward that goal.
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Take a walk on the sunny side
For the vast majority of people you know — indeed, for the vast majority of people on our planet — their ancestors never had it so good. On the whole, we are healthier, wealthier, happier, and freer than ever before.
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Government edicts, lockdowns ignore power of personal responsibility
This coronavirus isn’t going anywhere. It has burrowed deep into our communities, our hospitals, our psyches. It won’t magically disappear, despite all the wishing. The hoping and the dreaming. We’re hurting. In the eye of a hurricane it’s futile to try to assess the damage. We’re…
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Effects of COVID-19 spreading beyond threats of infection
The coronavirus has spread beyond the threat of infection. When North Carolina canceled elective surgeries, it froze almost all procedures that happen outside the emergency room. Blood tests, screenings, major surgeries — all are suspended, waiting for the ban on elective procedures to lift in North…
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Certificate of Need law could slow hospitals’ response to coronavirus
An obscure regulation could cripple hospitals’ collective ability to treat a coronavirus outbreak in North Carolina, says surgeon Jeffrey Singer, senior fellow at the Cato Institute. Experts don’t yet know the severity of the coronavirus, but they fear it could overwhelm the nation’s health care system.
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Regulations making it harder for some to access mental health care in N.C.
North Carolina is grappling with systemic shortages in mental health care, and regulations are making it worse — often disproportionately hurting veterans and the state’s most vulnerable residents. But that could change. State regulations mandate life-long supervision for LPAs, so retired U.S. Marine and licensed psychological associate Karen…
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Freedom grows in North Carolina
To be free is to enjoy the right to make your own decisions, to transact business and associate with other free people at your discretion, and to live according to your own values.
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Psychology helps explain political divide
Our political differences extend far beyond contrasting views on specific pieces of legislation or electoral candidates. Deeply held feelings and values are at play.
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U.S. Supreme Court could overturn N.C. law barring companies from giving clients legal advice
Bruce Clarke couldn’t help his client, so she called a lawyer and ended up with a bill near $1,000. “Is that the end of the world? It might not be to many, but she’s on a business that operates on government grants, and she barely makes…
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Decluttering criminal code would ease burden on North Carolinians, experts say
If North Carolina’s nebulous criminal code isn’t confusing enough, the “elephant” metaphors lawmakers use to describe them are even less enlightening. At a reform-oriented summit hosted Monday, Oct. 21, in Cary by the Cato Institute and the John Locke Foundation, several lawmakers excoriated the state’s criminal…