A libertarian take on the Trump conviction
The folks at Auburn University’s Mises Center usually have a pretty good take on all things economic. We came across this interesting on-the-money piece from one of their scholars regarding
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Relax. Take a seat. Take a few deep breaths.
We’ve all had some time to mull over the horrible travesty handed down last week by a New York Court against former president Donald Trump. It has the kind of
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What constituent service actually looks like
Moore County delegation to the NC General Assembly — pay close attention. State Rep. Charlie Miller (R-Brunswick) has introduced a bill doing away with The City of Southport‘s extraterritorial jurisdiction
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Zero-based budgeting for the State of NC? (It’s ABOUT TIME.)
Actually, I thought we were already doing some of this. Zero-based budgeting involves putting serious thought into your needs for the upcoming budget year and calculating their costs as close
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NCGA GOPers trying to water down sheriff-ICE cooperation bill?
Here we are with another example of talking tough, but then delivering something weak and spineless to appease campaign donors. Remember when sheriffs elected in liberal enclaves Wake and Mecklenburg
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Pass it, THEN figure out how to pay for it and launch it. A really bad bipartisan habit Raleigh needs to break.
Silly me. I thought representative government was all about our elected folks getting together to publicly make decisions for the greater good. Too many big decisions in our capital city
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‘A massive complex dedicated to the neo-marxist agenda’: UNC spends $90 million on nearly 700 DEI-related staffers
That is the conclusion of a fabulous site devoted to government transparency called “Open The Books.” Judging from what these folks have uncovered, that DEI vote at UNC-Chapel Hill
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The Sandhills Files: Seriously attacking DEI, or merely changing the name and keeping all the associated nonsense?
With UNC-Chapel Hill’s recent courageous vote to defund their DEI operations, I thought there might be a chance at an outbreak of common sense at our other public institutions of
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Gambling fever in General Assembly leads to return of key players in Jim Black scandals
It’s often been said about the Congress AND our legislature that majorities can change back and forth, but the sleaze never leaves nor subsides. Case in point: the current
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Medicaid Expansion Blues: The shape of things to come?
Medicaid expansion got sold to us in 2023 as the greatest thing since sliced bread. Tons of legislators who had mouthed a lot of sincere-sounding objections to growing the government
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