Liberty
Democracy Lives On
David Harsanyi of the Federalist explores the results of our latest democratic exercise. There are no saviors or miracles in democracy, only a grueling, soul-sucking, forever war of attrition. That…
Gridlock
Budget, Taxation & Economy
CJ Reports: Legislature’s piecemeal budget plan could put governor on defense
This week, Carolina Journal’s Brooke Conrad wrote an article on the current budget impasse in North Carolina. According to Conrad: Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper insists Medicaid expansion be included in…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
CJ Commentary: We deserve representation over blind political allegiance
This week, Becki Gray, Vice President of the John Locke Foundation published an opinion piece in Carolina Journal. Her piece focused on what the state is leaving unfunded every day…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
JLF’s Mitch Kokai Comments on Budget Impasse for Winston-Salem Journal
Richard Craver of the Winston-Salem Journal reported a story on the current budget impasse earlier this week. His piece focused on the stalemate between the governor and the legislature. Craver…
Law & Public Safety
The notable absence of the ‘gridlock clause’
Constitutional law professor Josh Blackman details for National Review Online readers the results of his search for the U.S. Constitutuon’s “gridlock clause.” President Obama routinely cites Congress’s obstinacy regarding his…
Liberty
In praise of gridlock
The latest print edition of National Review features David Harsanyi‘s “Happy Warrior” column explaining why a little congressional gridlock can generate positive results for the body politic. When Speaker of…
Liberty
Barron’s D.C. man thinks 2014 will resemble the year that’s winding down
Jim McTague explains in his latest “D.C. Current” column for Barron’s why he expects next year’s political stories to follow familiar scripts. [W]hat you saw is what we’ll get in…
Liberty
Cato’s Tanner makes the case for congressional inactivity
If much of what Congress does is bad, might it make sense to root for congressional gridlock? Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute thinks so. He explains why in a…
Regulation
Not an especially comforting thought
Regular “Locker Room” readers who worry about the undue influence of the Federal Reserve in general, or Fed chair designee Janet Yellen in particular, will find little comfort in Rana…
Liberty
Dysfunctional vs. Functional Government
Over the past several weeks pundits from both the left and the right have been proclaiming the horrors of “dysfunctional” government. I would argue to the contrary, it is functional…
Liberty
Is gridlock in Washington a bad thing?
In this post, Cato’s Tom Firey argues that gridlock isn’t necessarily bad — it has prevented Obama from shoving us even further down the road to serfdom that he’d like…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Barron’s D.C. man probes the likelihood of less gridlock in 2013
Jim McTague devotes his latest Barron’s “D.C. Current” column to a synopsis of his recent conversation with Bernadette Budde of the Business Industry Political Action Committee, “one of Washington’s sharpest…