Opinion
Oh, For The Days When No One Cared About Government Job Losses
A Republican takeover of the General Assembly has sparked the Left’s interest in the annual “disappearance” of government jobs in summer months.
Opinion
Are Government Jobs Up or Down, and by How Much?
RALEIGH — Each month's employment report is nothing more than a snapshot, often a fuzzy one, of an ever-changing job market.
Opinion
Wacky headlines of the day
Sometimes headlines say what editor wish reality was, not what it actually is.
Opinion
Job Commentators Need A Reality Check
Those who don't understand state unemployment numbers should keep their off-base remarks to themselves.
Opinion
Time to Start Biting Back
The assumption behind stimulus spending is fundamentally wrong. You can’t fill a bathtub by scooping water from one side and pouring it into the other.
Opinion
CJ Editorial: Stop the Slush Fund Sleaze
Marc Basnight has retired. The Department of Transportation should stop maintaining a checking account for his successors in the General Assembly.
Opinion
Welcome to the Journal
It is a new year in North Carolina politics. You can count on Carolina Journal to tell you all about it.
Opinion
Sense and Sensibilities: 9/11 in 2010
Tomorrow’s anniversary of the terrorist attacks involves a struggle. It’s personal, political, and universal.
Opinion
What a Year to Return to North Carolina
RALEIGH — A few days ago, my wife — who’s not at all ashamed of her liberal sensibilities — read Carolina Journal's most recent news story about a real estate scandal involving former Gov. Mike Easley, and said, “Good lord, we’ve moved to Chicago!”
Opinion
Why I Locke and Un-Locke the Office Door Each Day
It’s a pleasure to work with an organization dedicated to the well-being of people who live in North Carolina.
Opinion
Easley evasions should not surprise
Often when a public official is suspected (indicted, convicted) of misbehavior, observers ask, “How could this happen to such a good man (or woman)?” Or the political chatterers bemoan how, once again, power is intoxicating ether.
Opinion
A Theater of the Absurd
What the voters were told about Amendment One in 2004 was garbage. The only use of TIF bonds to date shows clearly that there are neither sufficient safeguards nor guarantees that they will be used for viable enterprises.
