You Decide: Are There Answers To Difficult Family Questions?
By Mike Walden I make approximately 50 presentations each year across the state. I always enjoy the last portion of my talks when I...
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...
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...
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...
Opinion: North Carolina Excels In Tax Reform
By John Hood
RALEIGH — Since Republican lawmakers won majorities in both houses of the General Assembly in 2010, they’ve been reforming North Carolina’s...
Opinion: Parents Not Politicians Are Ultimate Guardians Of Kids Online
By David Larson Carolina Journal There are a lot of efforts from politicians, from both sides of the aisle, right now to protect children...