Category: Economy

‘Occupy Raleigh’ running up the bill for local taxpayers

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The hippies camping out in our fair capital city, as part of the global nonsensical leftist temper tantrum known as the ‘occupy’ movement, may be starting to

The ‘Occupy Movement’ : Democracy vs. Mob Rule

Posted on November 2, 2011November 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Dr. Thomas Sowell, an economist at Stanford University, is one of the wisest people I know of when it comes to business and the economy. He has some particularly interesting

The 411 on North Carolina’s ‘Golden Leaf’ fund

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Brant Clifton

You hear mentions in passing in statewide news stories about something called “The Golden Leaf’ fund. In this video, Jeanette Doran, a staff attorney at the NC Institute

OWS: Wait! WE’RE the ONE PERCENT ????

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Morgan Housel, a columnist for the financial web site Motley Fool has found an interesting new way to view this ‘Occupy’ movement that has so captivated

Southern Pines 2011: Grow Your Own Food, Read by Candlelight

Posted on October 30, 2011October 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Most candidates for political office talk about how they are going to advance their communities through the new millennium. Town Council candidate Marsh Smith, a dedicated green political activist,

NC Teacher Job Loss Misinformation

Posted on October 29, 2011October 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh-based Civitas Institute has released an interesting study that contradicts the spin from leftists and their media comrades about those mean ol’ Republicans and their state

The new Texas Hold-’em: “I’ll see your 9-9-9, and raise you 20”

Posted on October 26, 2011October 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry, seeing the popularity of Herman Cain’s flat tax proposal, has introduced a similar idea in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: The folks

Why stop at Wall Street? Think bigger!

Posted on October 26, 2011March 3, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Herman Cain lays out solid defense of 9-9-9

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

GOP presidential frontrunner Herman Cain, under attack from BarryO, Hillary, his primary opponents, and the alleged Mainstream Media has released a simple primer detailing key points of

Pinehurst 2011: Village govt speaks up on ‘deficit spending’ claim

Posted on October 24, 2011October 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Charges of deficit spending by village leaders have arisen in the current campaign for mayor and village council. Sensitive to the charge, the professional staff at Village Hall has