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N.C. "Stimulus" Projects Become National Punchline

Joe Coletti on national reaction to N.C. "stimulus" projects; Steve Forbes on market forces & economic recovery; Melana Zyla Vickers on university response to kids with learning problems; Dwight Lee on moral case for markets; Terry Stoops on home-school growth.

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2 September 2010, 12:52 pm

The ideological roots of our latest eco-terrorist

The views of James Lee, the eco-progressive that took his ideology to the barricades at the Discovery Channel yesterday--and then gave his life for the cause--are apparently well grounded in environmentalist tradition. Lee seemed to be well aware of his ideological roots. After all, one of his demands was that the Discovery Channel "develop shows that mention the Malthusian sciences." Richard...


2 September 2010, 12:40 pm

Labor Day predictions

From Larry Sabato US House: GOP +47 net US Senate: GOP +8 net, with an "outside shot" at +10 Governors: GOP +8...


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Sep 02, 2010

The Race Was Fixed

When North Carolina lost in the first round of grants from the Obama administration's $4.35 billion Race to the Top education initiative, state policymakers did little to embrace the reforms Washington suggested would provide a better chance to win funding the second time around.


Aug 26, 2010

Higher-Speed Rail Advocates Clueless

One of the biggest problems with American transportation policy is that many policymakers really don't have a clue.


Aug 20, 2010

Powerful Interests Push Young People Toward Socialism

Why do young Americans see socialism in a favorable light? In an age when massive amounts of information are only a computer click away, how is this group so ignorant about the imprisonment and murder of millions of people in a multitude of countries by socialists?


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Aug 10, 2010

Sometimes the news is not where it should be

When the news is buried, is it accidental or on purpose?


Jul 30, 2010

Finding all bias in a newspaper is tough for an editor

Sometimes little examples of bias can just sneak by the most diligent of editors.


Jun 27, 2010

N&O needs remedial instruction on First Amendment

The editors dedicated roughly two-thirds of a piece ostensibly about the ethics bill before the short session of the General Assembly into a diatribe on the public-financing provision that was axed.


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