Budget, Taxation & Economy
Market-Made Mock Meats
This week, JLF’s Joe Coletti published a research brief as part of our Thanksgiving 2019 series. Coletti’s piece focused on the influx of mock meats into the food market in…
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
Meatless Meat: A Miracle of the Market
Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are the most notable entrants in the race to make a meat substitute that acts like meat but is made entirely from plants. They have…
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Criticize Congress, not Cheerwine
I’m not sure that Nicole Russell of the Washington Examiner has a valid point that Congress should be efficient instead of passing resolutions, but she goes too far when she…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail
N.C. GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer accuses Gov. Bev Perdue of colluding with Board of Elections officials on campaign finance probe. Politic365.com floats the idea that racism is involved in a…
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Lessons from the Past: North Carolinians Creating Jobs in Difficult Economic Times
Even during difficult days of the Depression, innovative North Carolinians started several businesses and created new consumer products and jobs. Among them were Texas Pete and Krispy Kreme. During the…
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This isn’t “soda” either
Anyone for Blenheim “Old No. 3” ginger ale, the only soft drink I’ve ever known to get hotter the longer it’s chilled? Everyone’s got their favorite so I’m not knocking…
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Red Pop, don’t call it soda
A staple at family gatherings growing up outside Detroit was Faygo. Although no longer an independent company, the brand turns 100 this year. You can find it around town or…
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Re: Unsolicited Aristotelian advice
It’s amazing how insular presumptive cultural leaders can be that way, Troy. A couple of years ago I was the guest on a public radio program from Chapel Hill. While…
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Re: Anticipation
Joe, North Carolinians have got to be the most optimistic people on the planet. I’m psyched to know that a proposed ethanol plant is causing Beaufort County residents to chow…
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Re: Bludwine, Cheerwine, I Whine
Yes, they make a Diet Cheerwine, but frankly I think it tastes like carbonated cough syrup.
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The original: Bludwine
Paul, mentioning Cheerwine (which I like, by the way) to someone who went to the University of Georgia is like saying UNC is the oldest state university: it opens an…
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Re: Pepsi Quandary
Jon, perhaps Carolina’s own Diet Cheerwine would be a good option for you.