Opinion
Okay, Zoomers… time to listen to the grandparents
Rather than attacking grandma and grandpa, GenZ should be trying to learn from them while they can.
Opinion
Real talk on debt and personal responsibility
The thought never occurred to us that our debts were the responsibility of others or that someone else might pay our bills, forgive our mortgage, or pay our student debt.
Opinion
Irrational arguments plague critical race theory
It has become apparent that critical race theory (CRT) supporters are now engaging in illogical arguments to convey the doctrine as something other than what it is. As if to purport it as separate from critical theory and Marxism. This would be like saying America has never been influenced by English culture, and it just...
Opinion
Cooper has finger on shutdown button; don’t let him press it
North Carolina has an opportunity. Meaning North Carolina as a whole, but also as a sum of its complex and diverse parts. Gov. Roy Cooper has taken much from us, decisions made and edicts issued because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I’ve said this before. But Cooper, by deciding against taking even more, in an odd...
Opinion
North Carolinians taking care of themselves, despite governor’s attempts to intervene
A recent study by RunRepeat found America is fat and getting fatter. Government edicts are making things worse for most of us. We’re already eating food that’s bad for us, and we’re eating bigger portions of it. Too much sugar, too much bad fat. Too little exercise. So, we’re both fat and lazy. Again, not...
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‘If I die in Raleigh, at least I will die free’: Well, not exactly
Ketch Secor of the energetic American roots band Old Crow Medicine Show and a few of his talented friends streamed a concert from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry this past weekend. In eloquent music parlance, they killed it. One song, “Wagon Wheel,” though overplayed and over covered — Darius Rucker remade it —...
Opinion
Government edicts, lockdowns ignore power of personal responsibility
This coronavirus isn’t going anywhere. It has burrowed deep into our communities, our hospitals, our psyches. It won’t magically disappear, despite all the wishing. The hoping and the dreaming. We’re hurting. In the eye of a hurricane it’s futile to try to assess the damage. We’re sheltering in place — literally, figuratively. Reaching, grasping for...
Opinion
Insist on work for aid
Work requirements for Medicaid aren’t intended to be punitive and aren’t really about saving money. They promote personal responsibility and affirm the dignity of work.
Opinion
Please mind your own business
We might have a better chance of getting governmental busybodies to mind their own business if we really and truly minded our own business.
Opinion
Riders ultimately responsible for keeping scooters in Raleigh
I’m a huge fan of free markets, limited government, and the promotion of individual liberty. Except when one’s perceived individual liberty infringes on mine because he or she fails to follow rules set by a participant in the free market. I refer to electric scooters, which have popped up around downtown Raleigh like pumpkin spice...
Opinion
Personal choices shape economic outcomes
If marriage rates for households with children were the same today as they were back in 1980, median income in the average state would be nearly 11 percent higher and child poverty would be about 25 percent lower.
Opinion
About holidays, families, and country
My oldest daughter is a single mom to three and a successful engineer in a top company. She understands the power of education and is fighting for the best opportunities for her children. My son and his wife, parents to my other two grandchildren, are conservationists, and we argue about the appropriate level of government intervention to protect the environment. I was...
