Opinion
Parents over unions
North Carolinians should reject the message of the NCAE's "Kids over Corporations" initiative and embrace educational freedom.
Opinion
In defense of university faculty
Whatever shortcomings exist in American higher education (and we acknowledge that there are many), they cannot be solved by undermining the tenets of free speech and due process that enable the institution to function in the first place.
Opinion
Limited government is the best incentive for prosperity
We didn't cut poverty in North Carolina by nearly a third since 2013 with JDIG grants. We did it with a concerted pivot towards limited government.
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Conservatives must continue to champion free-market capitalism
Last week, I conducted a Twitter poll asking a simple question: Does American conservatism require some level of belief in capitalism and free markets? With 434 votes cast, 79.5% said yes — an overwhelming supermajority that would melt the brains of NCPOL journos if it were Republican General Assembly election results. What does this anecdote...
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Fell off the roof and came down with COVID
“You can fool all of the people some of the time; you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” The fact that this quote is attributed either to Abraham Lincoln or P.T. Barnum perhaps testifies to its originator’s bona fides at fooling...
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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...
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Do we want a providing or a protecting government?
Today’s progressivism is a bore. The constant demand for more and more government spending places progressivism on a path toward destruction. Debt, inflation, and a diminished existence for the citizenry — that’s all the result of constant cries for more and more spending and government action. Shouldn’t we be asking more profound questions about what...
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Conservatives might need a dose of the 1970s
The times have a fin de siècle feel for small-government conservatives. The Republican Party is now “owned” by Donald Trump who, in his first year, increased government expenditures by 86% over the last budget proposed by George W. Bush in 2008. The self-professed “king of debt” requested an additional $300 billion for his second year, leading to an...
Opinion
Despite campaign rhetoric, most opponents aren’t enemies
A U.S. official who deals daily with tyrants and rogue regimes asks us to put our political divisions in perspective.
Opinion
Groups out themselves on speech
A basic liberal understanding of the rights of free expression and free association would lead inevitably to the kind of policy that the UNC system just adopted.
Opinion
McGrady bill merits conservative support
The new “repeal and replace” plan for House Bill 2 won’t make everyone happy. But for conservatives, it has at least one compelling virtue: It is prudent.
Opinion
Focus on growth, not development
North Carolina should abandon economic development policy and completely refocus on economic growth. These are distinctly different goals that more often than not conflict with each other. Most policies meant to promote economic development create economic inefficiencies and therefore hinder economic growth. For decades North Carolina has been pursuing “economic development policy.” Indeed, the N.C....
