Liberty
Probing the reasons why Canadians are leaving
Jonathan Leaf writes for the Washington Free Beacon about an exodus from our northern neighbor. All you have to do is look at some simple statistics. Last year, roughly 150,000…
British Columbia
Energy
Climate Craziness Leads to a World Gone Mad
Editors at Issues and Insights take aim at climate alarmism. Each day the media are filled with “news” stories blaming various events and conditions on “climate change,” which are of…
Liberty
Fund focuses on Trudeau’s troubles
John Fund of National Review Online turns his attention to the Canadian prime minister’s latest controversy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is desperately trying to apologize for the multiple times he…
Liberty
Should We Ban It or Make Our Own Choice?
Cultural change and behavior are fascinating to watch. I often wonder why so many folks prefer to require other people to do things — or refrain from doing them —…
Liberty
Increasing the minimum wage harms the ones it’s supposed to help, even in Canada
Twenty academic studies on the minimum wage in Canada, but not one support the idea that increasing the minimum wage is good for non-skilled workers. Even our gentle neighbors from the…
Regulation
Regulatory Reform: Cleaning Up Red Tape In North Carolina
Few people noticed, but in 2013, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a major reform: a sunset provision with periodic review for state rules.1 It’s a reform with proven effectiveness…
Regulation
A ‘big one’: Trump signs red-tape reduction executive order
The Hill reports: President Trump on Monday signed an executive order that would require agencies to revoke two regulations for every new rule they want to issue. The executive order is aimed…
Liberty
Cooper and Hagan scandals, Halifax school woes, election insights, and more
When Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington broke the news this week that Raleigh lawyer Gene Boyce had filed a State Bar complaint against N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, the…
Liberty
Thomas Sowell explains why racists love the minimum wage
It is a well know effect of the minimum wage that it prices the lowest skilled workers out of the labor market. Who are these workers and who have they…
Energy
Jindal makes case for better energy policy
Former John Locke Foundation Headliner Bobby Jindal writes at National Review Online that a change in federal energy policy could make a big difference for the American economy. What do…
Regulation
Houston, we have a problem
In this case, the “we” is the state of California, where fewer housing starts have been reported since 2011 than in the single city of Houston, Texas. Mark Perry of…
Liberty
North Carolina and economic freedom
North Carolina does well on the latest measure of economic freedom found in the eighth edition of the annual report, “Economic Freedom of North America 2012” (PDF) published by the…