A Long Island, N.Y., woman has spent nearly two years trying to convince the Internal Revenue Service and the U. S. Postal Service that persons with...
Published: Friday, July 12th, 2013 @ 1:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Chapel Hill is known mainly for two things: (1) Great basketball and (2) loony-tunes lefty nuttiness. Basketball is down a little bit this year.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 3:19 pm
By: Brant Clifton
|
We have been busy so far this session! Here is a little of what has happened in the past two weeks.
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2013 @ 12:23 pm
By: Bill Cook
|
We've got an interesting dilemma here in Moore County. Our local paper is owned and operated by veteran Democrat Party fundraisers and strategists.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 2:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
|
I am sure many of you have been keeping up with the whole BlueprintNC scandal -- a bunch of lefty non-profits scheming about "eviscerating" North Carolina Republican leaders.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2013 @ 10:59 am
By: Brant Clifton
|
Your car breaks down, and it'll cost $300 to fix. What do you do? Well, perhaps you rearrange your budget and cut back on other spending for a few weeks. Maybe you have room left on...
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
A 1997 bill that exempted "payday lenders" from state usury laws was allowed to sunset in 2001, and the last storefront lenders were shut down in 2005.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 @ 1:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
The libertarian bumper sticker -- "Don't steal from the government; it hates competition" -- takes on added meaning every time North Carolina officials try to shut down Internet sweepstakes operations.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 @ 12:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Janet Cowell's primary responsibility as State Treasurer is to oversee the pension fund for retired North Carolina teachers and state employees. So why does her campaign receive so many contributions from far-away states like New York, Pennsylvania and California?
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2012 @ 1:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
Defenders of the public education status quo like to claim that kids from low-income communities in North Carolina get the short end of the funding stick when compared with kids who live in higher-income areas.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
For years and years, seniors have been conditioned to reflexively resist any changes, no matter how minuscule, having to do with Social Security. Historical note to politicians: Fool with Social Security at your own risk. Those days may be gone.
Published: Sunday, October 2nd, 2011 @ 2:10 am
By: Jim Bispo
|
On Monday, Aug. 30, the Huffington Post posted a vile piece offering $100,000 for a sex tape or other incriminating information on Glenn Beck so they can permanently remove him from the airwaves.
Published: Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 @ 12:38 am
By: Diane Rufino
|