Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal managing editor, describes the controversy surrounding a potential state government takeover of dams and hydroelectric facilities Alcoa owns along the Yadkin River. Henderson offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 332).
Opinion
Politics should be less important
It might sound odd to hear this from someone who’s been writing a syndicated column on politics for nearly four decades, but politics has become vastly more important in our lives than it should be. Virtually every decision we make in our ostensibly free society is now subject to review, refinement, and reversal by some...