The North Carolina General Assembly will convene this week for the third special session of the 2017-2018 legislature. Legislative leaders have told lawmakers to be prepared for a ... Keep Reading
Miscellaneous Issues
DACA, Senator Tillis, and the Dreamers
DACA was a temporary, constitutionally-questionable response to an extremely sensitive issue The best place to create a resolution to the Dreamer's status will be in Congress ... Keep Reading
Civil, Charitable Communities Get Crowded Out by Big Nanny State
Rebuilding a healthy civil society requires a renewed commitment to civic virtue. Civic virtue is oftentimes thwarted by big government entitlement spending and crony capitalist ... Keep Reading
When Government Grows, Community Dies
The United States has been witnessing a steady decline in community involvement over the past four decades. The federal government has tried to respond to these needs, and in ... Keep Reading
North Carolina Lawmakers War Against Manufacturing Jobs
North Carolina’s craft brewery industry is creating thousands of jobs Prohibition-era laws, however, are restricting their growth NC legislators are willing to spend millions ... Keep Reading
Fake News? Beware of All News
People are waking up to the danger of fake news – phony stories hyped up by the media and politicians -- but we news consumers have to be alert to the subtler slanting of the news ... Keep Reading
Six Reasons People Won’t Use Triangle Light Rail
Light rail is far more expensive than other more efficient transportation options Very few Americans use public transit, especially light rail, requiring massive taxpayer ... Keep Reading
Stop Roy Cooper from a Lawless Expansion of a Failing Welfare Program!
Roy Cooper has announced his intention to expand Medicaid by executive action. Expanding medicaid is not only illegal under existing state law, but is bad policy for the health of ... Keep Reading
NAACP’s Barber Displays Contradictions
NC NAACP President William Barber has popped into the news again, as he tries to do whenever TV cameras are turned on. We thought this was a good time to bring up a few relevant ... Keep Reading
The Government Destroyed Another Beneficial Relationship
Breweries and Distributors Are Not at Odds, When Markets Are Voluntary A healthy relationship between adults is no different than a relationship between two ... Keep Reading