Liberty
Hurricane Ian Shows the Limits of Green Energy Policy
Green energy policy is all the rage with Washington DC and Europe, but it’s storms like Hurricane Ian that can show the limits of its usefulness. As North Carolina endures…
Wrightsville Beach
Energy
Move over, plastic straw waste, and make way for masks
Recently, the trendy response in North Carolina to plastic waste pollution in the Indian Ocean was to outlaw plastic straws here, or barring that, shame or compel restaurants to virtue-signal…
Liberty
Dispatches from the campaign trail, Sept. 12, 2014
• Democratic candidates and unions are inseparable on the campaign trail, as Sen. Kay Hagan and “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken show: “Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan and congressional candidate Clay…
Liberty
Dispatches from the campaign trail, Sept. 4, 2014
• Most of the mainstream media judged last night’s debate between Sen. Kay Hagan and N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis a draw. Historically, that usually means the Republican had the…
Liberty
How Your County Distributes its Liquor Sale Profits
Even though the State oversees ABC stores and there is a state and federal excise tax placed on liquors, each county distributes the profits from those sales differently from each…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Remember when they changed NC incentives to satisfy Miley Cyrus?
I wonder, amid all the reaction to Miley Cyrus’ weird, lewd, and flat-out bizarre performance at the Video Music Awards (go ahead and search for it if you wish; I…
Elections & Public Integrity
Latest dispatches from the campaign trail, June 8, 2012
•The Carolina Business Coalition Education Fund, a recently created super PAC, has given financial support to 10 legislative candidates (nine Republicans, one Democrat). Former Gov. Jim Martin is on the…
Liberty
New N.C. Court of Appeals opinions released
Among the latest batch of opinions from the N.C. Court of Appeals: A unanimous three-judge panel reversed a lower-court ruling and will allow two Yancey County residents to pursue a…
Liberty
Sen. Boseman’s home auctioned off
The home of State Sen. Julia Boseman, D-New Hanover, and her former domestic partner, Melissa Jarrell, was effectively auctioned off for $1.35 million Wednesday morning, reports the Wilmington Star-News. Foreclosure…
Liberty
Changing the way we wage war
Retired Army Colonel David Hunt says he can’t put a “happy face” on the war against terrorism. Read just a few pages of his recent book, On The Hunt: How…