English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
As I explained a year ago, the constitutionality of President Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship to the children of illegal aliens and temporary visitors turns on the meaning of…
America’s power grids are increasingly at risk, hobbled by power plant closings, unreliable and insufficient replacements, and increased demand for new power. “If these shadows remain unaltered by the future,”…
Terry Jones of Issues and Insights reports interesting poll results for today’s presidential race. As most know, reading the tea leaves about who will win an election by looking only…
That nod to the famous line from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist may be what some Wake County commissioners are thinking after learning that Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) Superintendent…
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online ponders the political left’s favorite target. The American Left is not beyond practicing race hatred, religious hatred, national hatred, or any other kind of…
The answer, of course, is “nobody.” In a recent opinion piece in the New York Times, Kevin Litman-Navarro explains why. Here’s a chart that summarizes the results of his analysis of…
Policymakers around the country look to North Carolina’s fiscal example to guide their quests for lower taxes. Restrained spending has made it possible for state government to tax less and…
The warm conclusion of Charles Dickens’ beloved A Christmas Carol has his hated capitalist, Ebenezer Scrooge, transformed into a man gratefully giving to help the destitute, feeding the poor, even…
Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk’s fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal. But he couldn’t replenish it, for Scrooge kept the…
Think the president has drafted a realistic budget plan? Don’t talk to Barron’s Washington editor Jim McTague. President Obama last week presented Congress with his fourth consecutive political-stunt budget. The…
Katrina Vanden Heuvel is really sexy when she’s angry (eight-minute mark). Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Meanwhile, a Winston-Salem Journal op-ed says Rep.…
View in your browser. Welcome If a good teacher, like a candle, "consumes itself to light the way for others," then perhaps burnout is not so bad after all. Bulletin…