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Perhaps some of the late U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms’ fiscal conservatism rubbed off on his buddy Bono. How else might one explain the U2 singer’s apparent understanding of the impact…
View in your browser. Last week, complications from ulcer surgery claimed the life of Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker. It is a great loss. Becker had expanded the scope of…
Mitch’s earlier post of economist William Easterly’s Slate column made me think of one celebrity musician who gets it. I’ve earlier put U2 frontman Bono’s recent comments on entrepreneurship up…
View in your browser. The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred…
I want this post to piggyback on my previous one, in which I pointed out the obvious that “Art Pope and his family have done more actual, practical good for…
The story of a Hoke County 4-year-old who ate school-prepared chicken nuggets instead of her home-prepared turkey-and-cheese sandwich because of nanny-state regulations has attracted national attention. Rick Henderson discusses the…
Back on Memorial Day 1983, Missing Persons came on in the middle of the US Festival’s “Rock Day” — having escaped the ghetto of “New Wave Day” two days before…
Eight years ago, if you asked who the most powerful politicians in North Carolina were, you?d have gotten a list looking pretty much like this: ? Gov. Mike Easley ?…
If it?s not bad enough that U2?s latest album has elicited a chorus of overwhelming indifference, lead singer Bono?s high-profile work to shame wealthy nations? governments into shoveling more money…
This Rolling Stone interview with U2’s Bono is actually quite interesting and thoughful. Despite the questioner pushing an obvious agenda. Winds up like this: The next presidential election will be…
Thanks, Jon. That was fun. Album: I can’t choose just one, since two of the (still) greatest albums of all time were released during my high school years. I’ve listened…
Or why does a banker need a sweetheart loan? Seriously, why does Bank of America need a $4.8 million interest-only loan from the city of Charlotte in order to build…