Opinion
Popularity is precisely what we want
We should aspire to do even better, to make our state the most-popular place to live, work, get married, and have children. The more the merrier!
Opinion
Voters seek cooperation after dividing government between Democrats, Republicans
North Carolina voters split key offices between Democrats and Republicans. They expect the two parties to work together on important issues.
Opinion
The case for amending the state constitution — again
As conservatives, we cannot overstate the importance of both the U.S. and North Carolina constitutions. Those documents set the framework for our government, with any additional laws or regulations falling within those parameters. Our system of self-governance allows for those documents to be amended, and the time to do so is now for the state...
Opinion
N.C. voters want state government gridlock, debate
Critical lessons continue to come out of the results of the 2020 elections. One that seems to have escaped some of the political establishment is North Carolinians don’t want one political party to dominate. They want a slower, more deliberative state government, rather than one party changing public policy unimpeded from Murphy to Manteo. American elections...
Opinion
How to resolve budget impasse
Unlike recent budget stalemates in Washington, the face-off between Gov. Cooper and legislative leaders in Raleigh hasn’t produced a government shutdown.
Opinion
State voters still closely split
Few state electorates are closer to the national average in partisanship and ideology than North Carolina’s electorate is.
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Prospects for progress under divided government
A Cooper administration could lead to new legislative efforts to rein in overly burdensome government.
Opinion
CJ Editorial: Get Them Out of Town
Recent actions of the General Assembly have made the arguments for a limit on the length of sessions stronger than ever.
Opinion
What the Voters Did
Despite their fecklessness elsewhere, Republicans remain the majority party in America’s state governments.
Opinion
How Republicans in Washington Can Avoid the Mistakes of The Gingrich-Dole Era
RALEIGH — The current GOP's "Pledge to America" reads much more like a party platform than a legislative wish list. Will the party stick to broad principles without getting bogged down in policy details?
Opinion
Benefits of a Gore Presidency
President Bush's fiscal-policy record is far worse than a President Gore’s would probably have been, if history is any guide.
