Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation vice president for outreach, discusses letters sent from the N.C. Department of Transportation to legislative leaders that have raised concerns. Gray offered these comments during the “Insiders” segment of the June 19, 2012, edition of News 14 Carolina’s “Capital Tonight.”
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...