Opinion
NC should continue to lead on financial readiness
The legislature should amend our state’s mandate on financial education to include basic information on investing for retirement.
Opinion
Robert Doughton’s big government legacy lives on from NC to DC
Doughton’s destructive policies impacted North Carolina and the country at large in the so-called “Progressive Era.”
Opinion
Robert Doughton and the Blue Ridge Parkway
One of my favorite drives around the U.S. is the Blue Ridge Parkway through North Carolina. Mountains and valleys covered in trees, a sight to see any season but especially during summer and autumn. Some of my fondest childhood road trip memories were with my grandparents, while my grandfather drove and told stories about the parkway or...
Opinion
Impactful N.C. congressmen: From the Civil War to World War II
I have shared a list about North Carolina politics with you before. It was fun, at least for me. Here’s another one. In no particular order, these are my top five most interesting and impactful members of the state’s congressional delegation from the critical Civil-War-until-World-War-II period. George Henry White only served two-terms in Congress, but his impact...
News
Court order could end Cooper’s Medicaid expansion plan
Gov. Roy Cooper’s attempt to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act before President Obama leaves office may have run aground as the result of an order issued Saturday night by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan issued a 14-day restraining order barring federal officials from approving Cooper’s $6 billion plan expanding Medicaid...
Opinion
Carolina lawmakers become leaders
Seniority isn’t the only pathway to influence in Washington. The two congressional Marks from North Carolina, Walker and Meadows, exemplify this development.
Opinion
A Medicaid Expansion That Flew Under the Radar
North Carolina has not rejected Medicaid expansion entirely. In fact, the state has expanded its broken entitlement program.
Opinion
A Medicaid Expansion That Flew Beneath the Radar
Regardless of this year's vote in the N.C. General Assembly, the federal health care reform law is forcing the state to expand some elements of a broken program.
Opinion
Worse Than a Ponzi Scheme?
The federal government has prosecuted the Bernie Madoffs of the world, despite running the largest pyramid scheme in the history of the world.
News
Friday Interview: The Dirty Dozen
RALEIGH — William Mellor, president and general counsel of the Institute for Justice, recently discussed his book, The Dirty Dozen: How 12 Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom, with a John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society audience in Raleigh. He also discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's worst decisions with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
Opinion
On Medicaid, Schools, & Tax Relief
There are few issues that attract near-unanimous sentiment. The need to change NC counties’ funding responsibility for Medicaid is on that very short list.
Opinion
A Bipartisan Idea Worth Pursuing
While calls for bipartisanship can be fake and sometimes downright dangerous, there is no need to be cynical. Unemployment insurance reform shows that it can be worthwhile.
