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Key questions that require answers before any decision is made to close the school.
Published: Saturday, April 12th, 2025 @ 11:23 am
By: Ray Leary
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Beaufort county citizens are the true winners from this weekend's Republican County Convention
Published: Monday, March 24th, 2025 @ 10:48 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Public meetings provide public with what is happening and why in Beaufort County; more awareness is needed.
Published: Monday, March 3rd, 2025 @ 8:57 am
By: Dave Hudson
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Ethical behavior and the avoidance of corruption.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2025 @ 9:01 am
By: Dave Hudson
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If lawmaking power is supposed to be forever separate from the powers of the executive branch, then how is it that state agencies can create what amount to laws?
Published: Monday, March 7th, 2022 @ 4:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s state constitution, in Article IX, section 1 (“Education Encouraged”), reads: “Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools, libraries, and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.”
Published: Thursday, February 10th, 2022 @ 10:24 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Assigning infallibility to government action is a fool’s errand.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2021 @ 10:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Chances are pretty good that you don’t have an extra $40,000 to throw away on new government-mandated expenses this year.
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 @ 4:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The good news: North Carolina state government is better financially prepared for the coming economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic than previous economic crises.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2020 @ 8:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A perplexing recent comment from North Carolina's attorney general suggests now might be a good time for a refresher course about the way people exercise power in our system of government
Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It feels like the 2017 session of the North Carolina General Assembly has lingered longer than grandma's Christmas fruitcake and the fruits and nuts have grown stale and distasteful
Published: Thursday, March 1st, 2018 @ 6:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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It's often good news to learn that a government body is slated to do its work and then go away
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2017 @ 3:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The obstructionists and obstructionists must stop and for the good of the country, they need to give President Trump a chance to make government accountable and workable again.
Published: Saturday, April 29th, 2017 @ 2:18 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Much happened in the final hours of the N.C. General Assembly's latest session: some good, some bad, and altogether too much in general for those interested in good government to rest easy. The process used had a worrisome lack of openness and transparency.
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2015 @ 6:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much happened in the final hours of the General Assembly session, some good, some bad, and altogether too much in general for those interested in good government to rest easy. The process used had a worrisome lack of openness and transparency.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are some really good things on the table as the budget conferees discuss, debate, compromise, and finalize North Carolina's government spending for the next two years
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 8:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the economic collapse of the last decade brought on largely due to the bursting of the housing bubble, does anybody still think it a good idea for government to encourage investments in "underserved" populations
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 11:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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If you live in a city with a government-owned convention center, chances are pretty good that it's a money loser. It's also a good bet that government leaders think they can fix the problem by spending more money on the convention center and its surrounding amenities. Heywood Sanders, professor...
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 5:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fiscal conservatives tend to look askance at large issuances of public debt. In this sentiment, they are in good company. "I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse," wrote James Madison, "and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other." His mentor and friend...
Published: Friday, September 26th, 2014 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Good constitutional structures are necessary, but not sufficient, to protect the American system of government. The nation needs civic virtue as well. That's the argument Robert George put forward in the 2014 John W. Pope Lecture at N.C. State University. George is McCormick professor of...
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 8:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Political power tends to corrupt, absolute political power tends to corrupt absolutely.
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 @ 7:52 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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According to official government estimates, paying people not to work for extended periods of time is good for the economy, because it encourages consumer spending. This is an excellent reason why you should not take official government estimates all that seriously.
Published: Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute - an excellent organization based in DC that fights the good fight for the free market - is suing on behalf of some small businesses and individuals to challenge the federal government's authority to collect taxes from the states to finance ObamaCare.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 @ 7:42 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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What is the Sunshine Law? Every State has a Sunshine Law that provides public access to public records, public meeting minutes, and open meetings.
Published: Monday, April 11th, 2011 @ 10:05 am
By: Betty Murphy
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