Opinion: When Politics Enters The Workplace
By John Hood
RALEIGH — Should businesses weigh in on political controversies? According to a recent Gallup poll, the general public is closely divided...
You Decide: Will Agribusiness Be A Dynamic Future Industry?
By Mike Walden
One of the big questions about our economy is what industries will lead it in the future. If asked, most people would...
Opinion: Has Toby Keith’s America Passed Too?
By David Larson Carolina Journal
I arrived on Western Carolina University’s campus as a freshman in 2002. The deadly attacks on New York City...
Opinion: Don’t Subsidize New Baseball Team
By John Hood
RALEIGH — Will North Carolina snag one of two new Major League Baseball franchises? That’s what Gov. Roy Cooper, Carolina Hurricanes...
Crisis Hastened Health-Care Reforms
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — For all the suffering and damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s at least one silver lining: the experience may...
Stop Kicking Social Security Can
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — Although the politicians in Washington almost never talk about the issue anymore, our entitlement programs are on a collision course...
COVID Stimulus Bill Is Reckless
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — The $1.9 trillion “COVID relief” bill just enacted by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden gives out $1,400...
You Decide: Should North Carolina Follow California Or Texas?
By Dr. Mike Walden
Both California and Texas have developed dominating economies in recent decades. The states are one and two in both size of...
You Decide: Will We Return To Farm Life?
By Dr. Mike Walden
My father grew up on a hog farm in southwest Ohio in the 1920s and 30s. In those days, farms were...
Just Causes Need Prudent Leaders
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — History is full of cases in which people subverted their own just causes by acting impulsively rather than carefully considering...
