Mackey's Ferry Sawmill was the largest private employer in Washington County, until recently, when owner Wilson Jones was forced to shut down due to the impact of tariffs.
It’s no secret that the competition between the United States and China is heating up. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in a position today to challenge the U.S. diplomatically, militarily, and economically across the globe. This challenge presents an existential threat to the American-led international order and is already set to define the 21st...
With more than half of American workers still able to work from home, the post-pandemic work world is likely changed for good. Approximately 58% of Americans have the option of working from home at least one day a week, and more employees are turning to that policy to keep their staff happier in their jobs. A recent study suggests that it might be a win-win.
The world’s workforce pipeline pulses with top talent, yet American education remains mired in mediocrity. New test results of 15-year-olds worldwide reveal American performance is near average in science, math, and reading, flatlining for almost two decades. Yet the U.S. spends more, per-pupil, than nearly every competitor country and has implemented years of sweeping reforms....
Since 2001 Americans have been focused on the danger of radical Islamic terrorism. Samuel Huntington calls the current conflict part of a broader “clash of civilizations,” one in which al-Qaida, ISIS, and others wish to destroy our culture and ideas. But it is difficult to see this threat as existential, even if it does give...
RALEIGH — North Carolina economic development officials continue to tout overseas trade as an avenue to lift the state from its economic doldrums. But some business owners and elected officials believe federal policy has become an impediment to the growth of exports in manufacturing.
RALEIGH — As North Carolina struggles with one of the nation’s worst unemployment rates, Gov. Beverly Perdue plans an Asian trip based on the same misguided economic development policies that contributed to the state’s current economic woes. That’s the assessment of the John Locke Foundation’s chief budget analyst.
CARY — With the election cycle once again in full swing, the political discourse over jobs and the economy has been profoundly negative. For months, newspapers, radio, and television reports have predicted recession, even hinting at the possibility of a depression.
RALEIGH — Sallie B. Howard, a native of Wilson and a black schoolteacher, was once stopped at the border of Saddam-era Iraq. The guards demanded to know why she was trying to enter the country without a visa. Undeterred, she explained she wanted to see the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; she had made several journeys to visit the Seven Wonders of the World, and this was next on her list. She managed to talk her way in.
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