Sound policy ideas can succeed, despite frequent evidence to the contrary. Michael Sanera explains in the latest Carolina Journal Radio that Camden County commissioners recently rejected faulty arguments for “smart growth.”

Speaking of sound policy, that’s all Richard Lindzen would like to see and hear in the global warming debate. A Taxpayer Protection Act would constitute sound policy for North Carolina lawmakers, according to Barry Poulson and Americans for Prosperity North Carolina’s Francis De Luca.

Daren Bakst tells us a more sound annexation policy involves getting rid of forced annexation in North Carolina.

We’ll also hear from Republican lawmakers who’ve offered ideas for the state to take over county Medicaid funding burdens without raising any tax rates.