Opinion

Why NC’s dead-last ranking for workers is… wrong

Instead of holding onto metrics like minimum wage levels or union density, let’s look at whether workers are moving into the middle class, whether they’re being paid fairly for their time, and whether opportunities are reaching every county — not just the Triangle and Charlotte.

Brian Hamilton

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Opinion

Buy Christmas gifts without regret

Now that the Christmas shopping season has begun in earnest, we are about to witness the ritualistic burning of a straw man. Call it one of many pagan-inspired traditions of the season. Just watch: some sly journalist or humorless scold will assert that the exchange of Christmas gifts is a lose-lose for our economy. The...

John Hood
Opinion

I was once a National Conservatism skeptic, but the ideas are needed

I attended the third National Conservativism conference in Miami and was pleasantly surprised by what I heard. I went skeptical: “nationalism” left a bad taste in my mouth, and I was sure I would find rabid Donald Trump supporters, QAnon types, or people who despised those from other countries. None of my preconceptions were true....

Josh Herring