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Libertarian-oriented Millennials will impact future elections, legislative battles will expand between declining rural counties and growing urban areas, and volatility will persist in state elections, a panel of political analysts predicted
Libertarian-oriented Millennials will impact future elections, legislative battles will expand between declining rural counties and growing urban areas, and volatility will persist in state elections, a panel of political analysts predicted
 
"There is a date certain" when Social Security and Medicare trust funds will be empty, and Millennials and the members of Generation X will be left to pick up the pieces, one of the nation’s leading economists says
"There is a date certain" when Social Security and Medicare trust funds will be empty, and Millennials and the members of Generation X will be left to pick up the pieces, one of the nation’s leading economists says
 
I would feel better about the future if I knew what was going to happen.
I would feel better about the future if I knew what was going to happen.
 
Like many, I enjoyed the July 4th cookouts, relaxation with family, friends and fireworks, but it was also a time for remembrances and reflection.
Like many, I enjoyed the July 4th cookouts, relaxation with family, friends and fireworks, but it was also a time for remembrances and reflection.
 
Before the all-but-certain nasty political rhetoric dominates the airways it might be instructive to use this "quieter" time to analyze the North Carolina electorate and look at who might vote.
Before the all-but-certain nasty political rhetoric dominates the airways it might be instructive to use this "quieter" time to analyze the North Carolina electorate and look at who might vote.
 
While North Carolina's unemployment rate currently stands at just under 6 percent, some argue that problems in the state's labor market are worse than that one statistic would indicate.
While North Carolina's unemployment rate currently stands at just under 6 percent, some argue that problems in the state's labor market are worse than that one statistic would indicate.
 
Tuition keeps rising, yet millions of young people continue to pursue college degrees. Defenders of a traditional degree say it's the gateway to a successful career and life, and they bristle at any criticism of the system. But is it really all it's cracked up to be?
Tuition keeps rising, yet millions of young people continue to pursue college degrees. Defenders of a traditional degree say it's the gateway to a successful career and life, and they bristle at any criticism of the system. But is it really all it's cracked up to be?
 
I am the first of the Baby Boomers, born in 1946. My father and grandfather both lived through the Great Depression brought on by greed and selfish business practices.
I am the first of the Baby Boomers, born in 1946. My father and grandfather both lived through the Great Depression brought on by greed and selfish business practices.
 
North Carolina is a right-to-work state, but that hasn't stopped labor unions from trying to find new ways to boost their membership. Bruce Clarke, president and CEO of Capital Associated Industries, addressed the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society in 2014 on the topic...
North Carolina is a right-to-work state, but that hasn't stopped labor unions from trying to find new ways to boost their membership. Bruce Clarke, president and CEO of Capital Associated Industries, addressed the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society in 2014 on the topic...
 
I just returned from a visit to my almost 97-year-old mother in Atlanta. We stayed with my classmate from Clarkston High School 1963. He and his wife are both in the same class with me so we are all Baby boomers now reaching the final stage of marriage---RETIREMENT YEARS.
I just returned from a visit to my almost 97-year-old mother in Atlanta. We stayed with my classmate from Clarkston High School 1963. He and his wife are both in the same class with me so we are all Baby boomers now reaching the final stage of marriage---RETIREMENT YEARS.
 
North Carolina has transformed from the Pepsi Generation to the Pepto population. In 1950, the median age in our state was 26.5 years. By 1981, it was almost 30 and the N.C. Division of Aging and Adult Services reports it as 36.9 years in 2009.
North Carolina has transformed from the Pepsi Generation to the Pepto population. In 1950, the median age in our state was 26.5 years. By 1981, it was almost 30 and the N.C. Division of Aging and Adult Services reports it as 36.9 years in 2009.
 
President Obama's most recent budget makes it clear, the Wall Street Journal says, that while Republicans need his signature "to arrest America's coming fiscal crackup," they're "unlikely to get even the back of his hand."
President Obama's most recent budget makes it clear, the Wall Street Journal says, that while Republicans need his signature "to arrest America's coming fiscal crackup," they're "unlikely to get even the back of his hand."
 
This video speaks of Minimum Wage as a destroyer of the work force.
This video speaks of Minimum Wage as a destroyer of the work force.
 
At last week's First Amendment Day celebration at UNC-Chapel Hill, Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), presented some alarming findings
At last week's First Amendment Day celebration at UNC-Chapel Hill, Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), presented some alarming findings
 
Year after year, challengers from both parties have come after incumbent Walter Jones with both barrels blazing. And year after year, Jones keeps going back for a new term in Congress.
Year after year, challengers from both parties have come after incumbent Walter Jones with both barrels blazing. And year after year, Jones keeps going back for a new term in Congress.
 
I am the first of the baby boom generation. Our moms and dads, aunts and uncles went to make the world free of tyranny. From all over they put their blood on the ground in battle.
I am the first of the baby boom generation. Our moms and dads, aunts and uncles went to make the world free of tyranny. From all over they put their blood on the ground in battle.
 
More teachers are moving to other public schools in the North Carolina system than in the past, and that is the No. 1 reason cited for teacher turnover in 2012-13, according to a state Department of Public Instruction report prepared for the State Board of Education that will be submitted to the...
More teachers are moving to other public schools in the North Carolina system than in the past, and that is the No. 1 reason cited for teacher turnover in 2012-13, according to a state Department of Public Instruction report prepared for the State Board of Education that will be submitted to the...
 
Even its most ardent supporters agree The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is flawed, so there is no surprise there is a growing movement to repeal this act most believe won't cure our healthcare ills and doesn't contain costs.
Even its most ardent supporters agree The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is flawed, so there is no surprise there is a growing movement to repeal this act most believe won't cure our healthcare ills and doesn't contain costs.
 
I'm glad to see news reporters and policy analysts devoting increasing attention to a subject Carolina Journal readers will find familiar: the role that public policy plays in discouraging work.
I'm glad to see news reporters and policy analysts devoting increasing attention to a subject Carolina Journal readers will find familiar: the role that public policy plays in discouraging work.
 
Representatives of the financial industry and policy analysts are concerned about reports that the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering taking a formal role in helping Americans better understand and manage their retirement savings. Such a move would mark the agency's first entry
Representatives of the financial industry and policy analysts are concerned about reports that the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering taking a formal role in helping Americans better understand and manage their retirement savings. Such a move would mark the agency's first entry
 
Our state's ferry system is truly a treasure and I would hate to see us mess up a good thing. There are two aspects to the ramifications of adding and increasing tolls on the ferry system -- impact on tourism and impact on the local economy.
Our state's ferry system is truly a treasure and I would hate to see us mess up a good thing. There are two aspects to the ramifications of adding and increasing tolls on the ferry system -- impact on tourism and impact on the local economy.
 
This week marks the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will be named the GOP ticket for November's election. We already know that Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be the Democratic ticket.
This week marks the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will be named the GOP ticket for November's election. We already know that Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be the Democratic ticket.
 
I hope the teenagers who gathered at N.C. Central University were attentive, not just excited, when former Def Jam Records president Kevin Liles stepped to the stage to give the keynote address at the Summer Youth Business and Entrepreneurship Academy.
I hope the teenagers who gathered at N.C. Central University were attentive, not just excited, when former Def Jam Records president Kevin Liles stepped to the stage to give the keynote address at the Summer Youth Business and Entrepreneurship Academy.
 
The term "third rail," in the context of politics, refers to a policy one cannot touch for fear that he will suffer career electrocution. The analogy stems from the hazardous third rail that powers some train systems.
The term "third rail," in the context of politics, refers to a policy one cannot touch for fear that he will suffer career electrocution. The analogy stems from the hazardous third rail that powers some train systems.
 
If during the past few years of fiscal instability, you consoled yourself with the fact that at least North Carolina's pension fund for teachers and state employees was sound, I'm going to ruin your day.
If during the past few years of fiscal instability, you consoled yourself with the fact that at least North Carolina's pension fund for teachers and state employees was sound, I'm going to ruin your day.
 
Glenn Beck had a dream. He thought that if Americans can unite in order to restore honor to our nation, it would be the first step in taking our country back.
Glenn Beck had a dream. He thought that if Americans can unite in order to restore honor to our nation, it would be the first step in taking our country back.
 
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