Opinion
Crying Fowl Over Illogical Federal Eagle Policy
It’s a crime to kill the national bird, unless the Obama administration says it’s OK for you to kill them for another 30 years.
Opinion
Crying Fowl Over Eagle Policy
The Obama administration thinks it's OK to kill federally protected birds if the murder is committed by a wind turbine.
Opinion
Balance Needed on Coverage of Sea Level Rise
The costs of adjusting to purported increases in sea level have been left out of major news stories.
News
Friday Interview: The Impact of Climategate on the Climate Debate
RALEIGH — The recent Gulf oil spill has prompted some climate alarmists to renew their push for federal cap-and-trade legislation to limit carbon emissions. Even before the spill, alarmists sought ways to renew interest in government restrictions on carbon dioxide. One of their chief obstacles was publicity surrounding the Climategate controversy. Earlier this year, Paul Chesser discussed Climategate for a John Locke Foundation audience. The special correspondent for The Heartland Institute and director of Climate Strategies Watch also discussed the topic with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
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
Easley’s Behavior Shouldn’t 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
Taxes and Regulations Good for the Economy? Wait Just A Minute
Since a good economist would doubt the claim that higher taxes and increased regulation promote prosperity, advocates for those taxes and regulations must look elsewhere for support.
Opinion
Regulations good for the economy? Wait just a minute
The News & Observer didn't look far enough when it did a story a study that says new taxes and regulations meant to fight global warming will generate more than 300,000 jobs for the state.
Opinion
Who Is The Center For Climate Strategies?
A group funded by left-wing organizations is playing a key, but underpublicized, role in shaping North Carolina's policy for addressing global warming.
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.
Opinion
No. 937: Trucking South for Elections
Some analysts who track population shifts believe the gradual relocation of Northerners to the South and West means good things politically for Republicans in those destination states. I’m not so sure.
Opinion
No. 936: The Cost of Safe, Legal Labor
Well, at least there’s a town or two in the United States where someone who is here legally will “do the kind of work that Americans just won’t do.” One place is Greeley, Colo., where job seekers lined up to replace the illegal employees who were lost in a raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in December.
