Scott Hodge writes for Real Clear Politics about leading Democrats’ attitudes toward wealth. Among a growing segment of the political left, wealth is now considered a sin — a socially…
In the main, there are two reasons given for taxing soda and other heavily sugared products, including sugar itself. (I should point out that sugar is already subject to a…
I was driving through rural North Carolina last week on my way to the beach when I spotted a car ahead of me that was displaying two bumper stickers. One…
Boone is siting an asphalt plant. Indeed, this is one of those big issues with high-impact, disruptive externalities, and worthy of public debate. As of today, though, the producers, Maymead,…
Waynesville was considering a ban on smoking in public places, but things got complicated. Smoke, like politicians, has problems distinguishing between public and private sectors. The ban would apply to…
Farm chemicals have seeped into well water in the little community of Dana. If evil libertarians had their way, he who polluted would be held responsible. Since we don’t have…
The world has lost an intellectual giant, University of Chicago Economist and 1991 Nobel prize winner in economics Ronald Coase passed away yesterday at the age of 102. Coase is…
View in your browser. To me, many density bonus systems fall under this definition of extortion from Webster’s College Dictionary: [O]btaining money or some other thing of value by…
A dozen of seventy people present spoke to the Henderson County Commissioners against the proposed zoning for their community. Unfortunately, this victory for property rights appears to have taken place…
As Watauga County voters decide whether to support a local sales-tax hike, John Locke Foundation researchers have raised red flags about the proposal. Director of Education Studies Dr. Terry Stoops,…
It’s none of my business if somebody does drugs on their own time in their own space. However, when they smoke pot so thickly it comes into my apartment, as…
RALEIGH – Neighbors of Raleigh’s Neuse River Greenway are much more likely than other greenway users to object to the greenway’s potential costs in increased crime, decreased privacy, and lower…