Opinion: Give Peace A Chance – On Trade
By John Hood RALEIGH — Former President Donald Trump has proposed an across-the-board tariff tax of 10% on all imports. How would such...
Opinion: History Is Calling — Will We Answer?
By John Hood
RALEIGH — Alexis de Tocqueville once described history as “a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many...
You Decide: Is The Fed Done Raising Interest Rates?
By Mike Walden
Federal Reserve policymakers have received much criticism over the last two years, ever since they began raising interest rates. Anyone taking...
Opinion: Tackling The ‘We’ll Never Know’ Argument Against Voter ID
By Mitch Kokai John Locke Foundation
North Carolina’s voter identification law operated without much fanfare during this year’s local elections. That’s good news.
Without any...
Opinion: Companies Do Good By Serving Consumers
By John Hood RALEIGH — North Carolina businesses are generous donors of time and money to worthy causes across our state and beyond. Major...
Opinion: Inflation Remains A Potent Political Issue
By John Hood
RALEIGH — Democrats are puzzled and frustrated. Jobless rates are low, wages are rising, and growth in gross domestic product last...
Opinion: America’s Founding Deserves Our Gratitude
By John Hood
RALEIGH — In her classic novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott has her character Margaret gaze bitterly at the family’s frostbitten...
You Decide: What Do Interest Rates Tell Us?
By Mike Walden
We have a love-hate relationship with interest rates, especially in terms of their level. Investors in interest-paying investments like CDs (certificates...
Opinion: Little Voices Deserve To Be Heard
By Claire Olson John Locke Foundation
Our household recently dealt with the self-inflicted turmoil of changing schools two months into the academic year. There...
Opinion: Poor Schools Already Get More Funding
By John Hood RALEIGH — In 1994, North Carolinians from five rural counties sued the state government, alleging the system then used to finance...
