Opinion
Faulty number skewed health debate
Now that the individual mandate is essentially gone, we should be embracing reforms that work with our traditions of individual freedom and federalism rather than against them.
Opinion
Fraud claims should trouble conservatives
If it is to stand for anything at all other than short-term victories or “owning the libs,” the conservative movement must stand for standards.
Opinion
What to do if you lose
Although you may strongly disagree with victorious politicians against whose election you worked, keep in mind that they believe their public service will advance the public good as they see it.
Opinion
Wheel of politics always turns
The wisest course is to craft political institutions and make procedural rules as if you don’t know which party will be on top in the future — because you really don't.
Opinion
Carolina politics offers national lessons
On a measure of net lean to the Democrats or Republicans, North Carolina are one of only six states (along with Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, Maine, and Colorado) to be within two points of the national median.
Opinion
Midterm spread favors the Democrats
In the modern era, the party not in the White House has almost always gained seats in the North Carolina legislature in midterm elections.
Opinion
Politics isn’t always the answer
What ought to worry North Carolina leaders, regardless of party or ideology, is that the labor market and other indicators are suggesting a recent weakening of the state’s economic momentum.
Opinion
Political rhetoric affects trade views
During the Bush presidency, Republicans were more supportive of free-trade agreements than Democrats were. The opposite was true during the Obama presidency.
News
Judge in H.B. 2 case now ‘writing on a blank slate’
RALEIGH — An order by the U.S. Supreme Court vacating a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on a transgender rights issue could affect a North Carolina case related to House Bill 2, a constitutional law expert said. Greg Wallace, professor of constitutional law at the Campbell University School of Law, said the ruling...
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New letter on transgender rights complicates, but doesn’t end, H.B. 2 lawsuits
A reversal of an Obama administration directive on transgender rights could spell the end of a House Bill 2 related lawsuit between the state and the federal government, but another lawsuit, brought by private parties, will keep the issue in flux. Obama’s guidance formed much of the basis for the legal action related to the...
Opinion
Cooper makes a colossal blunder
By claiming unilateral authority to expand Medicaid, Gov. Cooper destroyed the political narrative he and his progressive enablers in the media had created after the 2016 election.
News
Van der Vaart: Trump expected to scrap excessive green regulations
President-elect Donald Trump is likely to reshape the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and alter some of its most burdensome regulations, which will benefit North Carolina farmers, businesses, and utility ratepayers, state Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Donald van der Vaart says. Two of President Obama’s signature regulations, the Clean Power Plan, and Waters of the...
