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Articles by Frank Hill
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PRAGER: Even on COVID-19, Left and Right Are Divided
If there is one thing on which you’d think left and right could agree, it would be the proper response to the present coronavirus. After all, COVID-19 doesn’t distinguish between left and right: Conservatives and […]
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JOHNSON: 2020 is now in crisis mode, but don’t lose faith
As COVID-19 has put our nation on lockdown and rapidly ushered abrupt change into our normal daily routines, I was thinking about how different the world was just three months ago. The holiday season was […]
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ROBINSON: Yes, student debt is a real problem
Until recently, it was hard to feel much sympathy for borrowers who couldn’t pay back their student loans. Presidential candidates clamoring for total loan forgiveness and headlines featuring young people who took on six-figure debt […]
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WORTMAN: Shut down wet markets in China trade treaty
One thing we should all be able to agree upon is that one major function of government is to protect the safety and health of all Americans. Without the government, we would often be on […]
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WILLIAMS: Managing a disaster
I’m not sure whether COVID-19, first identified in Wuhan, China, in the U.S. qualifies as a true disaster. Putting the disease in perspective, we might look at current influenza illnesses. According to Centers for Disease […]
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HILL: The world after COVID-19
Asymmetric threats are defined as unexpected attacks from unusual sources that catch military leaders unawares and unprepared. Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld memorably commented after the Islamic terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the […]
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KAKADELIS: As COVID-19 reveals, responsible adults are needed — in education and life
The COVID-19 crisis, with all of its complexities, is revealing simplicities about education and life. There is nothing like a national crisis to distill what matters most, helping prioritize the paramount over the petty. Winston […]
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THOMPSON: Social distancing is taking its toll on North Carolina’s small businesses.
We don’t have state-specific numbers, but a new survey by the National Federation of Independent Business says 76% of the nation’s small business owners say they’ve been affected in some way by the COVID-19 outbreak. […]