Opinion
On Deficits, Debts, and Debasement
Liberals are trying to blame the S&P downgrade and subsequent economic turmoil on Tea Party conservatives. Of course they are.
Opinion
A Policy Certain to Fail
For the private economy to begin a healthy recovery, business managers, investors, and entrepreneurs need certainty about the fiscal and regulatory future.
Opinion
Round and Round He Goes
Time to clear out my notebook again, with comments on video gambling, transportation, university funding, and financial reform.
Opinion
Fiddling At The Fed
So after a recession caused by excessive borrowing, the Inflate Now faction wants to give the government more tools to promote future excessive borrowing.
Opinion
The Way Ahead, Or So It Seems
In the not-too-distant future, the two trend lines will converge on the same number, then diverge upside down.
Opinion
Getting A Lot for the Trade-In
Although most of the post-election talk about realignment has been hooey, there is a trend that was codified in the 2006 outcomes. The trade issue has become partisan.
Opinion
A Dose of Cleansing Reality
If you don’t like reading or hearing discussions of health care policy, get over it. Our politics will only get more health-carey in the future.
Opinion
Some New Economic Yardsticks
A new Business Week cover story probes the many implications — politics, business planning, economic policy — of reworking our standard measurements of the national economy.
Opinion
Fancy and Reality in Political Races
Democrats have been targeting three North Carolina congressional districts for takeover in 2006, but the most likely scenario is, once again, only a single competitive race.
Opinion
College Is Not An Entitlement
It is routinely asserted that the future of North Carolina’s economy is significantly dependent on maximizing the number of students going off to college. This fallacy is based on faulty premises.
Opinion
This Just In — Competition Thrives
Competition is a wonderful thing -- whether it be in basketball, politics, or business. As barriers to entry fall in the market for audio, commercial radio is having to respond.
Opinion
Some Odd Post-Election Advice
The party is fractured, arrogant, condescending, and too extreme. According to the media establishment, that's the message the voters sent this year -- to the Republicans.
