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A Google search on Pirates and New York City yields numerous results, including a Seattle Times article stating that in New York in 1692, “piracy was a leading economic-development tool in the city’s competition with the ports of Boston and Philadelphia.”
A Google search on Pirates and New York City yields numerous results, including a Seattle Times article stating that in New York in 1692, “piracy was a leading economic-development tool in the city’s competition with the ports of Boston and Philadelphia.”
 
Library exhibit details decades of Pirate football moments, memorabilia
Library exhibit details decades of Pirate football moments, memorabilia
 
That's the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Oliver Kamm. Horrors! For a dyed in the wool grammar geek and word nerd, this article was hard to take.
That's the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Oliver Kamm. Horrors! For a dyed in the wool grammar geek and word nerd, this article was hard to take.
 
That's the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Oliver Kamm. Horrors! For a dyed in the wool grammar geek and word nerd, this article is hard to take.
That's the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Oliver Kamm. Horrors! For a dyed in the wool grammar geek and word nerd, this article is hard to take.
 
Republicans' recent success in North Carolina politics can be traced in many ways to the example set by Jim Martin. That's one of the key themes of a new biography focusing on the state's only two-term GOP governor of the 20th century.
Republicans' recent success in North Carolina politics can be traced in many ways to the example set by Jim Martin. That's one of the key themes of a new biography focusing on the state's only two-term GOP governor of the 20th century.
 
2015 represents a major milestone for the John Locke Foundation. The nonprofit think tank celebrates its silver anniversary, marking 25 years of working to advance the fight for truth, for freedom, and for the future of North Carolina.
2015 represents a major milestone for the John Locke Foundation. The nonprofit think tank celebrates its silver anniversary, marking 25 years of working to advance the fight for truth, for freedom, and for the future of North Carolina.
 
To make a long story short, the great debate in North Carolina politics concerns how state and local governments can best promote economic growth and opportunity. Opinions differ widely, as one might expect. But generally speaking, they can be grouped into three schools of thought that bear...
To make a long story short, the great debate in North Carolina politics concerns how state and local governments can best promote economic growth and opportunity. Opinions differ widely, as one might expect. But generally speaking, they can be grouped into three schools of thought that bear...
 
Part of my job involves commissioning, reading, interpreting, and writing about public policy research. As I began researching my 2012 book on North Carolina's economy, Our Best Foot Forward, I found myself reading or re-reading dozens of scholarly studies, published in academic or professional...
Part of my job involves commissioning, reading, interpreting, and writing about public policy research. As I began researching my 2012 book on North Carolina's economy, Our Best Foot Forward, I found myself reading or re-reading dozens of scholarly studies, published in academic or professional...
 
From taxes and spending to regulation, education, and transportation, the 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly proved historic in producing positive reforms for state government. That's the assessment from top John Locke Foundation staffers reviewing this year's legislative scorecard.
From taxes and spending to regulation, education, and transportation, the 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly proved historic in producing positive reforms for state government. That's the assessment from top John Locke Foundation staffers reviewing this year's legislative scorecard.
 
From taxes and spending to regulation, education, and transportation, the 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly proved historic in producing...
From taxes and spending to regulation, education, and transportation, the 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly proved historic in producing...
 
When you hear politicians utter the phrase "economists say," be skeptical. There may well be economists who agree with their particular policy idea. But economists and other social scientists don't speak with one voice. There are many differences of opinion, reflecting differences in assumptions...
When you hear politicians utter the phrase "economists say," be skeptical. There may well be economists who agree with their particular policy idea. But economists and other social scientists don't speak with one voice. There are many differences of opinion, reflecting differences in assumptions...
 
Liberal politicians, left-wing activists, and political commentators have spent months prodding, baiting, and criticizing new Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led state legislature. While occasionally goading their targets into making unwise comments, the obstructionists have...
Liberal politicians, left-wing activists, and political commentators have spent months prodding, baiting, and criticizing new Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led state legislature. While occasionally goading their targets into making unwise comments, the obstructionists have...
 
Success has many fathers, as the old saying goes, while failure is an orphan.
Success has many fathers, as the old saying goes, while failure is an orphan.
 
As the House and Senate work to fashion a compromise tax-reform bill, one of the sticking points is how much to cut North Carolina's corporate-income tax.
As the House and Senate work to fashion a compromise tax-reform bill, one of the sticking points is how much to cut North Carolina's corporate-income tax.
 
Does state tax policy affect state economic growth? Fiscal conservatives tend to say yes. Fiscal liberals tend to say no.
Does state tax policy affect state economic growth? Fiscal conservatives tend to say yes. Fiscal liberals tend to say no.
 
For months, North Carolina's political establishment has been lying in wait for the state's new Republican leaders to act on their long-promised initiative...
For months, North Carolina's political establishment has been lying in wait for the state's new Republican leaders to act on their long-promised initiative...
 
During the years that North Carolina was riding high - particularly the 1980s and 1990s - state policymakers wrung their hands about the problems associated with a fast-growing, successful economy.
During the years that North Carolina was riding high - particularly the 1980s and 1990s - state policymakers wrung their hands about the problems associated with a fast-growing, successful economy.
 
Do you take vitamins? For many if not most people, it's a good idea. It ensures that even if you don't always maintain a varied and healthful diet, your body gets the baseline level of nutrients.
Do you take vitamins? For many if not most people, it's a good idea. It ensures that even if you don't always maintain a varied and healthful diet, your body gets the baseline level of nutrients.
 
Want to make North Carolina public education more cost-effective?
 
Any tax-reform bill that might move through the North Carolina General Assembly will address only state-level taxes. So the topic of my column today is unlikely to lead to any legislative action in the short run.
Any tax-reform bill that might move through the North Carolina General Assembly will address only state-level taxes. So the topic of my column today is unlikely to lead to any legislative action in the short run.
 
As Gov. Pat McCrory takes office and the Republican-led General Assembly reconvenes for its 2013 session, they face significant fiscal and economic challenges.
As Gov. Pat McCrory takes office and the Republican-led General Assembly reconvenes for its 2013 session, they face significant fiscal and economic challenges.
 
As North Carolina lawmakers, lobbyists, and activists prepare for the Great Tax Reform Debate of 2013, there are a few things everyone ought to keep in mind.
As North Carolina lawmakers, lobbyists, and activists prepare for the Great Tax Reform Debate of 2013, there are a few things everyone ought to keep in mind.
 
Politicians of all parties, at all levels of government, have been debating health care virtually nonstop since the early 1990s.
Politicians of all parties, at all levels of government, have been debating health care virtually nonstop since the early 1990s.
 
The first two times I lived in Washington, DC - doing internships during the summer of 1987 and the spring semester of 1988 - I ended up taking the Greyhound bus back and forth to North Carolina several times to see friends or pick up some extra cash as a newspaper reporter in Nash County.
The first two times I lived in Washington, DC - doing internships during the summer of 1987 and the spring semester of 1988 - I ended up taking the Greyhound bus back and forth to North Carolina several times to see friends or pick up some extra cash as a newspaper reporter in Nash County.
 
It's about time for New Year's resolutions. My recommendation for North Carolina politicians of all stripes is to resolve to focus their attention, rhetoric, and legislation on reducing the ranks of the unemployed.
It's about time for New Year's resolutions. My recommendation for North Carolina politicians of all stripes is to resolve to focus their attention, rhetoric, and legislation on reducing the ranks of the unemployed.
 
Among the pagan-inspired customs of the Christmas season now appears to be the ritualistic burning of the straw man. Specifically, I refer to the traditional seasonal column by a sly journalist or political analyst asserting that the exchange of Christmas gifts is a major lose-lose for the economy.
Among the pagan-inspired customs of the Christmas season now appears to be the ritualistic burning of the straw man. Specifically, I refer to the traditional seasonal column by a sly journalist or political analyst asserting that the exchange of Christmas gifts is a major lose-lose for the economy.
 
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the real fiscal cliff that threatens to send the American economy into a steep decline - which is not the prospect of the top marginal rate on wage income rising by nearly five percentage points.
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the real fiscal cliff that threatens to send the American economy into a steep decline - which is not the prospect of the top marginal rate on wage income rising by nearly five percentage points.
 
North Carolina spends $12 million in state tax dollars every year on a program called Customized Training. Run by the state community college system, it provides job training for employees of particular firms.
North Carolina spends $12 million in state tax dollars every year on a program called Customized Training. Run by the state community college system, it provides job training for employees of particular firms.
 
Newly elected Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the newly reelected Republican legislature may have an ambitious agenda for dramatically cutting taxes or adding new programs to the state budget.
Newly elected Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the newly reelected Republican legislature may have an ambitious agenda for dramatically cutting taxes or adding new programs to the state budget.
 
There are real-live North Carolinians, people in positions of authority or influence, who believe you can stimulate economic growth by paying people not to work.
There are real-live North Carolinians, people in positions of authority or influence, who believe you can stimulate economic growth by paying people not to work.
 
With Pat McCrory not yet inaugurated as the next governor of North Carolina, there is already a conventional wisdom about his administration - that he will have to choose "which Pat" will move into the governor's mansion.
With Pat McCrory not yet inaugurated as the next governor of North Carolina, there is already a conventional wisdom about his administration - that he will have to choose "which Pat" will move into the governor's mansion.
 
One of the first bills the North Carolina General Assembly will enact next year, and that new Gov. Pat McCrory will sign, will establish a photo ID requirement to vote in North Carolina.
One of the first bills the North Carolina General Assembly will enact next year, and that new Gov. Pat McCrory will sign, will establish a photo ID requirement to vote in North Carolina.
 
Don't count me among those who think President Obama and Congress will spend the next month locked in a death struggle over marginal income tax rates.
Don't count me among those who think President Obama and Congress will spend the next month locked in a death struggle over marginal income tax rates.
 
The traditional business model for public-affairs journalism continues to falter. Print newsrooms are shrinking. Broadcast newsrooms are, too, or at least replacing expensive, veteran news reporters with young newscasters.
The traditional business model for public-affairs journalism continues to falter. Print newsrooms are shrinking. Broadcast newsrooms are, too, or at least replacing expensive, veteran news reporters with young newscasters.
 
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