Opinion
Minimum wages are popular — and unwise
NC is one of the states that hasn’t raised the legally required minimum. That is one reason the Tar Heel State fares well in national comparisons of state regulatory burdens.
Opinion
Voting by foot works quite well
If you don’t like key characteristics of your community, including how it is governed, you and your family can move somewhere else.
Opinion
On road funding, something’s gotta give
So long as North Carolina remains an attractive place to live, work, invest, and rear children, highway usage will go up.
Opinion
Don’t bring back the pork barrel
The latest state budget contained hundreds of earmarks, some listed in the General Fund itself and others shifted off-budget to disguise the spending total.
Opinion
Local newspapers play essential roles
What’s missing is regular and trustworthy attention to your own community. You only get that by consuming local media.
Opinion
Free markets can promote affordability
Affordability tops the priority list for those most likely to cast ballots this fall.
Opinion
Hospital market needs more competition
WakeMed may well benefit from partnering with some other entity. But NC leaders can and should insist on an expansion, not a contraction, of competition.
Opinion
British scheme helped the Patriot cause
After the battle of Island Flats, many previously neutral Americans joined the Patriot cause and attached Cherokee towns. And the British gained nothing of consequence.
Opinion
Seek common sense on early voting
Early voting has no consistent effects on turnout. A few studies find increases. Most show either no appreciable effect or decreases in voter participation.
Opinion
Freer Carolinas means more Carolinians
These migration patterns probably won’t convince many progressives to abandon their longtime beliefs about taxes, regulation, school choice, and other issues. Still, hope springs eternal.
Opinion
Mass production can ease housing woes
The General Assembly should protect the rights of current and prospective homeowners from local regulators.
Opinion
Civics education extends beyond schools
Let’s double down on the semiquincentennial. Let’s have more concerts and parades, yes, as well as more publications, readings, public lectures, and private conversations.
