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North Carolina’s prosperity bewilders some people. Folks on the left struggle to articulate North Carolina’s growing economy that has benefitted dramatically from policies they claim “hurt the state.” Some assert…
The News & Observer today reports on a forum in Durham on raising the minimum wage. The report quotes workers, activists, and politicians all in favor of more than doubling…
Walter Williams‘ latest column at Human Events exposes ignorance about impacts of the government-mandated minimum wage. A basic economic premise holds that when the price of something rises, people seek…
Nobody does it better than Don Boudreaux. Here’s a letter of his, responding to a letter published in yesterday’s WSJ. Don’s point that the minimum wage is, in effect, a…
It apparently doesn’t take much to get a protest reported in North Carolina nowadays, so long as it’s leftist. May 27: “Nearly 20 protesters, described as ‘workers from McDonalds, Wendy’s…
This is a standard claim of progressives and their biggest complaint against not only the recent Hobby Lobby ruling regarding the HHS contraceptive mandate but also the Citizens United decision…
In a move that acts as a “two-fer” for Carrboro Leftists, aldermen have voted to ban new drive-thru windows in the downtown area. The goal says the story, is to…
There apparently will be a huge national protest in favor of more automated cashiers in fast-food restaurants. A hundred cities, including Raleigh and Durham, will feature in this coordinated campaign.…
View in your browser. Under an executive model based on community organizing, the process for achieving political goals involves astroturfed spectacles set up for overhype by willing media, to heighten…
WRAL misses the elephant in the room in dutifully playing its part in the messaging for a minimum-wage hike via covering fast-food workers’ self-defeating strike: “When I saw the strikes…
Wondering about the impact that Obamacare is going to have on the economy? Well, here’s yet another example of what we can expect from the new law. A group of…
Time has a really interesting piece about competition and buyer behavior in the fast food industry, and how Wendy’s in particular is reacting to a changing marketplace. Wendy’s just edged…