I work with dozens of businesses in North Carolina and nationwide that successfully sell products online through Amazon and Walmart.com. I’m deeply concerned for my clients and the more than 20,000 Amazon sellers based in North Carolina because the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) misguided lawsuit against Amazon is the ultimate Big Government blunder. Amazon revolutionized...
North Carolina Democrats are frustrated. It’s not hard to see why. Since 2008, when Barack Obama narrowly won the state and Kay Hagan beat Elizabeth Dole by a more comfortable margin, Democrats have fought hard but lost every subsequent presidential and Senate race in the Tar Heel State. In 2010, Republicans won their first majorities...
Many of us fondly remember the days when Main Street was bustling with a vibrant, localized economy. Small businesses flourished, creating jobs and driving growth that directly supported our communities. A quintessential feature of these towns was the presence of a local pharmacy, serving as the heart of Main Street. However, in recent times, the...
The Biden administration’s decision to transform his presidential bully pulpit into a weapon used against companies like Facebook and Twitter should raise a red flag for every American who values free speech. Over the long days of the COVID era, the president’s appointees and staff repeatedly sought to tamper with social media companies’ content moderation...
A lot of this angst is fueled by a truth many Americans have or should have known all along – the government is ill-equipped to solve most problems in society.
The Heritage Foundation scholar points out how the welfare state has failed immigrants from Latin America while giving short shrift to illegal immigration and other concerns.
RALEIGH — Nearly 70 years have passed since economist F.A. Hayek warned the Western world in his book The Road to Serfdom about the dangers of moving toward bigger, more intrusive government. Hayek’s book proved to be a classic among classical liberals and conservatives. Now, the head of the American Enterprise Institute has released a book titled The Road to Freedom. AEI President Arthur C. Brooks discussed key themes from his book with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — One of the Democratic Party’s key selling points is that Democrats favor the little guy struggling against Big Business and other powerful forces. But Tim Carney, senior political columnist for the Washington Examiner, has spent much of his career detailing the relationship between Big Business and Big Government, and he’s spent the past three years highlighting that relationship within a Democratic administration in Washington. Carney discussed his work with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
CHAPEL HILL — Best known for breaking the ACORN prostitution scandal in 2009 and releasing a lewd photo of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner earlier this year, Breitbart devoted the lion’s share of his lecture to ripping what he called “the rot” of liberal arts degrees.
“Will Republicans truly embrace a reformer?” Is “big government conservatism” what the party of Reagan wants to stand for?
George Leef reviews Robert Higgs' book, Against Leviathan. In it, Higgs vetts his greatest fear - that the parasite, Big Government, is too deeply imbedded in America for there to be much hope of a return to a free society.
