Opinion
DEI out in state government, but remains ingrained in wider culture
DEI is still entrenched in too many other areas of society, from companies, to private schools, to nonprofits, to entertainment.
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Companies do good by serving consumers
North Carolina businesses are generous donors of time and money to worthy causes across our state and beyond. Major corporations such as Truist, Duke Energy, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Bank of America give tens of millions of dollars a year to charities through their respective foundations. Many other companies, large and small, aid nonprofits...
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‘Bank of UnAmerica’ is working against the interests of hardworking Americans
Earlier this month, Charlotte-based Bank of America was hit with $150 million in fines and ordered to repay more than $100 million to American customers who placed their trust in that institution. The megabank was found to have illegally withheld credit card rewards, double-dipped by allowing fees to be repeatedly charged for the same transaction,...
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Good policy doesn’t require certainty
When my first book, The Heroic Enterprise, was published by Simon & Schuster in 1996, I asked about releasing it on audio. “Let’s see how it goes,” my editor replied, warning me that while there was an audiobook market by then — primarily in the form of cassette tapes — it wasn’t very large. If...
Opinion
When politics enters the workplace
Should businesses weigh in on political controversies? According to a recent Gallup poll, the general public is closely divided on the question, 48% in favor and 52% opposed. Not surprisingly, young people are friendlier to the idea — but even their preferences are more nuanced than a single yes-or-no question can convey. That’s one of...
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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...
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The Disney Company is now unjust
Editor’s note: This piece originally published in The American Spectator and is reprinted below in its entirety. Walt Disney established the Disney Company in 1923 for the sole purpose of entertaining children with fun-loving characters. It is one of the most iconic companies in the world, loved by most families. Disney’s theme parks are an...
Opinion
Punching back against woke insanity
Individuals, governors, and other lawmakers must get tough with this stupefied notion that people can’t disagree about nuanced differences about election integrity or legislation in general.
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Distillers, brewers, winemakers play big, giving role in communities
Scott Smith, one of the partners who own and run Outer Banks Distilling in Manteo, loves his job. That’s no surprise, after all. He makes rum, and lots of people are buying it. But he and his partners do other things, too. Things that mean a lot to a lot of people. He does things...
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Facebook caught up in vilification of entrepreneurs, enterprises
I have found the recent demonization of Facebook and its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg fascinating and revelatory. We have discovered that during the 2016 presidential campaign the social media giant played unwitting host to hundreds of Russian bots and fake accounts peddling misinformation about the candidates. It has also attracted bad publicity for allowing third parties to...
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Smith Sneers Dismissively at Free Market While Pushing Statism
Veteran journalist Hedrick Smith sees only one variety of the American Dream — and government is a major component of it.
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No. Corporations Aren’t People
The Left is oddly mesmerized by the notion that corporations shouldn’t be allowed to expend dollars on politics because corporations aren’t people.
