News
Trump extends China trade deal another 90 days
China is the second largest buyer of NC soybeans, at $16.9 million.
News
Trump tariffs to take effect
After months of deadlines being pushed back, tariffs are set to go into effect for multiple countries, and NC businesses are bracing for the impact.
Opinion
Of course books can be dangerous
A thought occurred to me as I was traveling through the North Carolina Piedmont last week. The notion didn’t have to do with my location but was instead prompted by the lecture I was listening to on the way. It was one of an excellent series on the world’s political hot spots issued by a...
Opinion
Always Take Ideas Seriously
Ideas are powerful. They change minds and motivate behavior. They are also potentially dangerous.
Opinion
Collier’s Political Woman a Larger-Than-Life Story
Political Woman may prompt some to study totalitarianism and its current variations for themselves. Since many campuses barred Jeane from speaking, the book should prove particularly useful for students of history and political science, and for aspiring diplomats.
Opinion
Flashback: Take Ideas Seriously
Those who dismiss complaints about ideological balance and diversity in public universities ask what the harm is in exposing students to "new ideas." Are they serious?
Opinion
Flashback: It Is Run by Little Else
Even if I weren’t in the think tank business, I’d argue that history has proven time and time again the persistent and pervasive influence of ideas.
Opinion
Flashback: The World Is Run By Little Else
Even if I weren’t in the think tank business, I’d argue that history has proven time and time again the persistent and pervasive influence of ideas.
Opinion
The Fatal, Foolish Free-Lunch Fantasy
Is there a worldwide shortage of rice? No, but rice is more scarce in some regions than it has been in recent years, and there is an ongoing debate over what the next policy steps should be. This apparent worldwide food crisis owes to a crippling confluence of wishful-thinking monetary policies and other programs that have dramatically increased the scarcity and cost of providing basic foodstuffs on which the world's poorest populations especially need for survival.
Opinion
The World Is Run By Little Else
Even if I weren’t in the think tank business, I’d argue that history has proven time and time again the persistent and pervasive influence of ideas.
Opinion
French and Germans Leading Fight? Wha..?
RALEIGH — Now for something completely different: The French and the Germans are leading a charge against Islamo-Fascism. No, I’m not talking about their heads of state or their military. I’m talking about their journalists.
Opinion
Take the Power of Ideas Seriously
Those who dismiss complaints about ideological balance and diversity in public universities ask what the harm is in exposing students to "new ideas." Are they serious?
