I was conducting a class recently for some bright undergrads about running for public elective office and we used the state government budget to learn about what gets funded, how it gets funded, why it […]
The world would be a far worse place without America. We all know that. Would it be worse off if Russia didn’t exist any longer? If militaristic Russia was somehow eliminated from the world scene […]
Best-selling author Douglas Murray spoke at the UNC Free Speech Alliance kickoff event last week co-sponsored by the Common Sense Society on the Chapel Hill campus. The title of his address was “Free Speech in […]
Capitol Hill staffers and campaign managers are busy people. Talking in short-hand by referring to one line in a crazy movie or comedy skit saves time and effort for all involved. Mental images convey far […]
Rochelle Gurstein wrote “The Repeal of Reticence” in 1996 which detailed ― and implicitly bemoaned ― the loss of personal privacy due mostly to intrusive prurient journalism. “(Reverence for privacy)” she wrote, “should be understood […]
What we have today in federal budget parlance is a “notch baby” scenario. Anyone on Capitol Hill who suffered through the so-called “notch-baby” fiasco for Social Security recipients born between 1917 and 1921 will know […]
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees struck a blow for free speech and thought at Carolina last week on Thursday, Jan. 25. As first reported by the Wall Street Journal […]
I grew up in the 1960s and crazy early 1970s. Somehow it got into my young head that becoming an antitrust lawyer or one of consumer advocate Ralph Nader’s Raiders might be a fun way […]
It sure looked confusing for Republicans at the start of this Congress. One would have presumed all the negotiation and dickering could have been hammered out behind closed doors during the down months of November […]
We need more Howard Lees in public office. I got to know Howard through my brother, Dan. They are close friends because of their twin mutual interests in helping young minority male students get a […]
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