Among the many reasons the political discourse in Washington has gotten so toxic, and at the same time so unproductive, is that the legislative branch of our federal government has allowed itself to become increasingly irrelevant.
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 @ 4:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Kevin Williamson of National Review Online is no fan of the overuse of one particular word in political discourse.
Published: Friday, January 1st, 2021 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Throughout my career in journalism, I've tried to make it a point to learn something from all each of my editors, even those I often questioned, or even disliked
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 1:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A vile strain of racial tension has infected our national discourse
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2017 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a basic concept: Limit comparisons to items that can be compared reasonably. But too much of today's political discourse relies instead on apples-to-oranges comparisons, those comparisons that are unreasonable or perhaps impossible.
Published: Friday, September 2nd, 2016 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Economist and syndicated columnist Thomas Sowell - a North Carolina native, by the way - is fond of denying that there are permanent solutions to problems. Instead, he insists, "there are only tradeoffs."
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 4:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a past column I described the political debate about North Carolina's economy as a disagreement among three schools of thought about how best to stimulate growth.
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 @ 5:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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