A thought occurred to me as I was traveling through the North Carolina Piedmont last week. The notion didn’t have to do with my location but was instead prompted by the lecture I was listening to on the way. It was one of an excellent series on the world’s political hot spots issued by a...
In politics, at some point, you have to have ideas that appeal to the voting public. That lesson was taught to devastating effect on Election Day in North Carolina. On the night of Nov. 3, Democrats were poised for what many believed to be a blue wave across the Tar Heel State. They had amassed enormous war chests,...
If millennials continue having trouble making the transition from renters to homeowners, urban politics in North Carolina may start taking odd twists and turns.
Ideas are powerful. They change minds and motivate behavior. They are also potentially dangerous.
There are several initiatives that can be introduced quickly without distracting needed attention and energy from the economic and fiscal challenge.
Max Boot’s War Made New is not a one-sided brief for technological supremacy. One of his major themes is that having the latest weaponry is no guarantee of success.
On the whole, Europe would be better off if it moved closer to the American model.
Transferring surplus assets from the public sector to the private sector to generate cash for other uses is a policy that just about everyone accepts in theory.
Nineteenth century German Prussian politician Otto von Bismarck had this to say about the legislative process: “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” His observation could easily describe recent goings-on in Raleigh, as the General Assembly pushes through North Carolina’s 2006-07 budget.
