Jameson Taylor

This article was originally published in the Fayetteville Observer.   It is ironic that the same good police work that led to the arrest of Cesar Laurean in Mexico would be ... Keep Reading

An abridged version of this article first appeared in the January 24, 2008, issue of the Raleigh News & Observer. Adding another bizarre twist to the death of Marine Lance ... Keep Reading

Editor’s Note: The following remarks are taken from a debate between Jameson Taylor and Jim Johnson that took place during the November 2007 Conference on Public ... Keep Reading

  What is Crowd Out? Crowd out refers to a phenomenon in which government expenditures or programs crowd out private initiatives. In the case of healthcare, we find that ... Keep Reading

The Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) budget was $4.6 billion for FY2008 and $5.1 billion for FY2009. The DHHS budget thus increased by some $400 million over the ... Keep Reading

With the U.S. Congress, as well as the Bush administration, having failed to pass an immigration reform bill in 2007, many states took it upon themselves to pass legislation ... Keep Reading

The good news in both the Senate and House budgets is that the expansion of NC Health Choice is again limited to 6 percent a year. The bad news is that legislators want to create a ... Keep Reading

Months of Civitas DecisionMaker polling has established that a majority of North Carolina voters oppose illegal immigration. For similar reasons, a majority of voters oppose any ... Keep Reading

Did You Know That … ? 10,014 registered sex offenders live in North Carolina •  Of these, 100 are lifetime registrants; •  47 are ... Keep Reading