N.C. State Auditor Beth Wood discusses state agencies’ reaction to her efforts to correct mistakes that can lead to wasted tax dollars. Wood offered these comments during a Feb. 3, 2014, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
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...