Democratic govs get failing grades
To the extent Democrats cede both right and center to Republicans when it comes to economics, they are making a long-term bet that the public wants vastly more government and vastly more taxes to pay for it.
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N.C. State making little effort to promote viewpoint heterogeneity
Like just about every university and college these days, mine — N.C. State University — spends millions each year on a sprawling bureaucracy advocating racial, gender, and other types of “cultural” diversity. A university should be a marketplace of ideas to be discovered, understood, analyzed, and debated. Students and research produced…
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The Good & The Bad of N.C.’s Student Test Scores
Terry Stoops on new test scores & graduation rates; Rachel Mills on how Libertarians can improve electoral results; Richard Burr on improving veterans; health care; Frank Buckley on what we don't know about government power; Jane Shaw on UNC system reform…
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John Hood Reflects On William Friday’s Legacy
John Hood on legacy of William Friday; John Stossel on key tenets of libertarian philosophy; lawmakers wonder about role of Dix campus in move of HHS workers to new location; Jeff Broadwater on James Madison; Roy Cordato on role of the Federal Reserve…
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Beaufort Wind Energy Project Comes Under Fire
Roy Cordato on problems for a coastal wind energy project; Joe Biden & Paul Ryan campaign in N.C.; Al Delia & Tommy Tucker on an unplanned cut in mental health funding; Jim Gray on libertarian politics; Fergus Hodgson on the Amazon tax…
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Friday Interview: Third Parties in North Carolina
RALEIGH — North Carolina voters faced more than just the familiar choices of Democrat and Republican in the state’s major 2008 elections. Thanks to a change in the state’s ballot access law and the electoral performance of gubernatorial candidate Michael Munger, voters will continue to see a Libertarian Party option…
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“Lord of the Rings” & Other Political Fantasies
What "The Lord of the Rings," "Harry Potter," and other works of fantasy have to say about war, economics, and political philosophy.