RALEIGH — The unexpected death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia overshadowed all other news emerging from the U.S. Supreme Court during the past year. Pundits and legal theorists will be assessing Scalia’s long-term significance for years to come. In the meantime, Ilya Shapiro, editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review, is focusing on the short-term...
The head of the FBI has characterized Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as “extremely careless” in handling sensitive — even classified — information on her private email server when she led the U.S. State Department. Still, FBI Director James Comey generated controversy in July when he concluded that “no reasonable prosecutor” would charge Clinton with...
Much political debate in recent years has focused on income inequality in the United States and what, if anything, the federal government ought to do about it. Tyler Cowen, professor of economics at George Mason University and director of the Mercatus Center, has studied inequality. While in North Carolina to deliver Duke University’s Hayek lecture,...
The 2016 presidential election campaign already has generated plenty of excitement. Veteran presidential campaign reporter John Gizzi expects more.
Paul Purdue, an Irish native and recent U.S. citizen, speaks to the process of becoming a citizen, and the effects of illegal immigration on the United States.
With a close proximity to Research Triangle Park, Granville County is on the doorstep of a consistently high-density business commute destination. As business continues to grow in their backyard, the county maintains a rural charm whose appeal has contributed to the area's own growth.
Overhearing a lunch conversation between community K-9 officers, President and Founder of CityPeer, Jim Steiger, thought that there must be a better way to allow community groups (of any size) to exchange ideas and concerns. After failing to find the forum he had in mind, Steiger created CityPeer -- an interactive network of communities that actively seeks out peer groups that could benefit from exchanging information that would make the life of the city employee easier and more productive.
Dr. Carl Mumpower, recently re-elected to his second term on the Asheville City Council, faces a tough road ahead. Incoming council members, all liberal, progressives with high hopes of reform, will surely square off against the council's only republican in Mumpower. Mumpower has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Saint Leo College, a master's in couseling from Western Carolina University, Master's degree in clinical social work from the University of Georgia, and a Ph.D in clinical psychology from Union Institute.
Susan Burgess is currently serving her second term on the Charlotte City Council. As a Council member, Burgess has worked to balance the budget and preserve services without raising taxes. Charlotte's explosive growth has contributed to many problems for the city, including transportation and business growth. From the standpoint of transportation, Burgess is wary of mass transit's approach to traffic congestion. As business continues to grow, Burgess fears that the use of incentives will erode the public's faith in local government.
Matt Mittan has risen quickly through the ranks of the radio world in the Asheville area and host the #1 rated "Take A Stand" show from 3pm-7pm every weekday afternoon on AM570. For the uninitiated, Mittan's show is a mix of grass roots activism and public debate on issues or local, state and national importance. He and his "cave dwellers" (followers of his show) led an uprising that led to the defeat of a sales tax for storm relief in the mountains and to the eventual recognition by the state that storm relief was overdue.
William (Bill) Caster is a County Commissioner for New Hanover county and is in his 13th year in county office. While in public office for New Hanover County, Commissioner Caster has supported consolidation and privatization wherever possible. In the midst of tremendous growth and faced with unfunded state mandates and low state funding, Caster has helped Wilmington and surrounding areas move towards achieving both.
