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Chris West writes for the Martin Center about questions surrounding the future of one form of higher education. Between recent seminary closings and a general decline in admissions, the future…
Why don't we have more nuclear power plants? In seeking an answer, Duke University economics professor Michael Munger builds on Clemson University economist Bruce Yandle's insight on the regulatory alliance…
David French of National Review Online offers kind words for movie star Chris Pratt’s off-screen message. It’s simple: We’re fallen. We’re sinful. We’re lost. If we weren’t, the Gospel would…
The John Locke Foundation recently published a Spotlight (Hard to Swallow: Maze of Rules Hinders Expansion of State’s Alcoholic Beverage Industry) based on a talk I gave last summer at…
The Cato Institute regularly publishes a report titled Freedom in the 50 States.1 According to the most recent edition, since 2010, North Carolina has improved substantially, advancing from 26th to…
RALEIGH — Overregulation of alcoholic beverages in North Carolina stifles entrepreneurs hoping to expand a growing industry across the state. That’s one of the key findings of a new John…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about an unusual order by the Supreme Court in Zubik v. Burwell, a case in which a group of religious organizations (including the…
A recent Daily Journal at CarolinaJournal.com reviewed Bruce Yandle and Adam Smith’s book, Bootleggers & Baptists, which describes political alliances between groups pursuing the same ends for different reasons: bootleggers’…
Environmental activists tend to bash electric utility companies like Duke Energy. But the activists and Duke both support efforts to mandate use of so-called “green” or “clean” energy. Anti-smoking advocates…
My poor lexicon is not keeping up. News of the recent UNC shootings on NPR has convinced me I do not know the meaning of the word “hate.” First of…
No secret around here that the N&R doesn’t care for Republicans, and 6th District Congressman Mark Walker will be no exception. Yeah I know front page opinion columnist Susan Ladd…
A recent town hall meeting in Saluda embraced diversity with contention between the native, dry Baptists, and the foreign “atheist communists.” The town is considering revising its sign ordinance, but…