Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation director of communications, critiques a demand from two special-interest groups that new N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory recuse himself from making appointments to the N.C. Utilities Commission. Kokai offered these comments for a Jan. 4, 2013, report on News 14 Carolina.
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...