Liberty
CLT passenger numbers
The UPoR had a story out on Friday saying that “Charlotte Douglas passenger numbers rise, but flights fall” from January through April. One alleged highlight: “The airport said that since…
Augusta
consolidated city-county in Richmond County, Georgia, United States
Liberty
AA/US merger route shifts, round 1
Big announcement from American Airlines (AA) and US Airways (US) over how they’d be handling their mandated slot sell off at New York’s LaGuardia (LGA) and Washington’ Reagan National (DCA)…
Liberty
American Airlines/US Airways antitrust update
As predicted, a key to getting federal approval of the proposed American Airlines/US Airways merger are antitrust issues at Washington Reagan National Airport. Reuters reports on some of the resulting…
Liberty
Waiters and the minimum wage
The lefty hand-wringers at N.C. Policy Watch are exorcized over the fact that waiters and waitresses get only a portion of the minimum wage in actual pay. [L]abor advocates use…
Liberty
US Airways new baseline established
Over the past few years, Charlotte has gained a significant amount of flights as US Airways transformed itself from a carrier with major operations at eight airports (Charlotte, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,…
Transportation
A ‘military strategy’ that failed
One of the great strengths of a free-market system is that it allows business to experiment, to try out new products and markets. Sometimes they will succeed, and yes, sometimes…
Liberty
A difference in search of a distinction
Rep. Alma Adams, a Democrat from Greensboro, has been moonlighting as an investigative journalist/fact-checker. Or at least, she’s been listening to people who do. Shortly after the House voted 71-48…
Liberty
Ignore Earth Day, celebrate Arbor Day instead
When I was a kid Arbor Day was something wonderful. Instead of sitting around kvetching about the environment we’d go out and actually plant a tree, something lasting. And I…
Liberty
The New Runway Myth
In Charlotte, spin is more important that reality. That which is bad is actually good. And that which is irrelevant is also good. Like that CLT’s recently opened third parallel…
Liberty
Will looks back on 2009
George Will‘s latest year-end column for Newsweek does a good job of exposing some of the absurdity of 2009: For $3 billion, Cash for Clunkers moved many car sales from…
Liberty
Carter vs. Sanders, 1970
The gubernatorial primary between Jimmy Carter and Carl Sanders in 1970 was the first political campaign I ever worked in. I had just gotten out of the service and was…
Liberty
That’s the best we could do?
North Carolina could only manage to get one bar on Esquire magazine’s list of America’s best bars. Even North Dakota got one bar. Surely we have more good bars than…