Opinion

Supply-side policies boost North Carolina

After North Carolina conservatives won control of the General Assembly in 2010, they began a systematic application of supply-side principles to state policy. It’s been a phenomenal success — although I admit others might disagree if their definition of “supply side” differs from mine. The difference isn’t necessarily partisan. I know both Republicans and Democrats...

John Hood
Opinion

Will Joe Biden really go stag?

Soaring prices. Social unrest. A resurgent Russia. A military withdrawal followed by the collapse of a pro-American regime in Asia. A feckless and unpopular Democratic president. Today’s parallels to the 1970s are obvious, ominous, and oft-observed. But we’re not quite there yet — and it isn’t just because skinny jeans continue to outsell bell bottoms....

John Hood

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Opinion

That 70s Show

Are the ’70s back? Hopefully not the fashion, but I’ll take the music. Tube socks with short shorts are a bad look for most people. Yet the world would be a better place if we listened to a little more “Saturday Night Fever” and Yacht Rock. Two things I had hoped we’d never relive from...

Amy Cooke
Opinion

Conservatives might need a dose of the 1970s  

The times have a fin de siècle feel for small-government conservatives. The Republican Party is now “owned” by Donald Trump who, in his first year, increased government expenditures by 86% over the last budget proposed by George W. Bush in 2008. The self-professed “king of debt” requested an additional $300 billion for his second year, leading to an...

Andy Taylor