A voucher program that sent poor minority students to the school of their parents' choice in the District of Columbia has been killed by liberals in ... Keep Reading
Bureaucracy
“Model” Legislation or saying no to Little Miss Sunshine
A tough week to pick our "Bad Bill of the Week" as there is so much competition. But Christine DiPietro found a real "winner" with Study ... Keep Reading
Fancy Green Bulbs Fail, Surprise!
Have you bought into the all of the hype about compact fluorescent light bulbs? If you have then you may want to take a look at what the New York Times has to say about ... Keep Reading
Liberals Sick of Small Business
A coalition of the usual suspects on the left held a press conference at the legislature in favor of requiring private businesses in North Carolina to provide paid sick days for ... Keep Reading
How to Fix the Budget Process
If you were king for the day, at least at the North Carolina Legislature, what you do about the budget process?Representative John Blust has a few ideas in this regard as detailed ... Keep Reading
A Response to Public Collective Bargaining
While the increased activities of unions in North Carolina has elicited a weak response from most of the business community, there is movement against adding collective bargaining ... Keep Reading
God’s License Plate Update
A couple of weeks ago I told you about the inherent differences between the Carolinas by looking at their respective license plates. I may have spoke (or blogged) to ... Keep Reading
A Lump of Coal for a Carolina Christmas (at UNC)
The head of UNC libraries has decided to keep the traditional Christmas trees out of the libraries this year. Head book marm, Sarah Michalak cited a dozen complaints from ... Keep Reading
Disaster Relief: Go Local
At the peak of hurricane season, we should be thinking in a mode far different from the "call FEMA" mentality we've grown used to in this post-Katrina age. The ... Keep Reading
Privatizing Government
What does the Democratic-led US Senate do when its government run restaurants are operating at deficits each year and the food and service is "substandard"? It agrees to ... Keep Reading