Opinion
Why business leaders ought to worry
What worries is what I perceive to be a growing undercurrent of suspicion, resentment, and outright hostility aimed at the business sector.
Opinion
Musk is just the latest target of envy-driven wealth redistribution
Envy should not be an organizing principle of society, and government efforts to enforce wealth equality are a mortal threat to a free society.
Opinion
World Cup visitors remind us, 250 years later, America is still great
As our 250th anniversary approaches (two weeks from tomorrow!), this is a perfect reminder just how fortunate we are to live in this country and to never take it for granted.
Opinion
Make retirement great again
As someone who has seen firsthand the challenges many North Carolinians face in securing a stable retirement, I firmly believe the RSAA is a step we must take.
Opinion
Triumph of the unknown ideal: The real story of Thanksgiving
William Bradford and other colony leaders abandoned the system of socialism that had destined them to suffer and instead began to implement a system of private property.
Opinion
Freedom Conservatism stands against authoritarianism of the left and right
It was a great television piece that would help shape American conservatism for the next 35 years. In a 1979 interview, Phil Donahue and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman discussed political power, capitalism, and greed. To counter Donahue’s argument about the problems with an economic system and society based on greed, Friedman responded, “You know, I think you’re...
Opinion
Millennials mainly seek financial success from jobs, not social impact
Millennials, who range in age from 27 to 41, have not had an easy run of young adulthood. Two decades ago, when the oldest members of this generation turned 21, America was exiting a recession and unemployment was climbing. A few years later, the Great Recession of 2008 wreaked more havoc on Millennial finances. Economic...
Opinion
Victory over Japan Day reminds us what American exceptionalism is made of
Editor’s note: This piece by Donald Bryson was published first at RealClearHistory. September 2, 1945, and its display of American military strength was, in many ways, the culmination of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s famous quote after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941: “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant...
Opinion
False signals and recession — are recessions a natural occurrence in capitalism?
With two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth recorded for the first half of this year, most agree that our economy has slipped into recession. But few will agree on its cause. Given the Biden administration and others’ attempts to blame skyrocketing price inflation on multiple factors besides its true cause, opponents of a free-market economy will attempt...
News
Robinson, Senate leader Berger blast Charlotte schools’ link to Critical Race Theory
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and the Senate’s top officer are calling out Charlotte-Mecklenburg school leaders, after the state’s second-largest school system paid $25,000 to a top proponent of Critical Race Theory. The payment covered Ibram X. Kendi’s virtual presentation last week at the Charlotte school district’s Summer Leadership Conference. “This is clear and direct evidence...
Opinion
Can Biden resist deeper attacks on capitalism?
Much has already been written about Joe Biden’s presidency. His plans that will expand the size and scope of the federal government receive the most attention. Biden quickly pushed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package through Congress, despite unanimous Republican opposition. This was on top of $3 trillion of relief passed while Donald Trump was...
Opinion
Apple’s sweetheart deal has a rotten core
The economy is rigged, but not in the way Bernie Sanders thinks – capitalism is not the problem. Instead, an active, hands-on economic approach has allowed corporations and politicians to rig the tax code in their favor. To find an example of what I am talking about, look no further than the recent announcement from...
