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New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak of Carolina Journal Online reviews the week in N.C. politics. Ray Nothstine’s Daily Journal focuses on voluntary charity’s superiority to government coercion.
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More Like It – Unless I Miss Something
Citizens of Saluda are pitching in voluntarily to contribute to the beautification of downtown. Of course, there’s a committee, but it beats Asheville’s model of raising taxes to fund an…
Elections & Public Integrity
Goldberg finds coerced voting ‘absurd, cynical, and repugnant’
Responding to several pundits’ recent arguments in favor of mandatory voting, Jonah Goldberg‘s latest column offers a different perspective on the idea. Let’s start with the repugnant part. One of…
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New Yorkers are cold and unfriendly? Not when it really counts and not when they are left free to do the right thing
The largest sea evacuation in history took place in New York City on 9/11, totally through voluntary actions of free citizens.
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Deroy Murdock on union thuggery
Deroy Murdock has an illuminating column today on the tactics employed by union protesters against those who oppose their bilking of the taxpayers. The union zealots not only think they…
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No Government Program Required
Here’s a wonderful example of people helping people without the hand of government anywhere in sight.
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No Government Mandate Needed
Here’s a nice example of a man who’s helping his community — by choice — not by government mandate. If more of us followed Mr. Kasimov’s lead, perhaps we could…
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Doing the Right Thing Didn’t Take a Mandate
If you’re a NASCAR fan like I am, you probably were stunned when former truck series driver Aaron Fike admitted to using heroin on race days. Since then, NASCAR has…
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Government Asks Citizens to Sloganeer for the Democrats
December 21, Asheville and Buncombe County will, following proclamations supported by the elected representatives of both jurisdictions, be participating in Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. The intent is to make sure nobody…
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And now, a word from our past
As everyone heads off to the weekend thinking, “What will I do with the abundant spare time modern life has afforded me?”, I’ll share a quote in honor of The…