Cost of ‘fairness’ too high for Duke EnergyNearly two years ago, Duke Energy sued my family to cut down a tree in our front yard. In June 2015, Superior Court Judge Brian Collins denied Duke’s […]
Here’s all you need to know about the plan put forward by House Republicans to replace the Affordable Care Act: It will deny millions of Americans the health care coverage they now enjoy for the […]
I’ve advocated for smart, sensible energy policies in our country and state for close to a decade as a spokesperson for the oil and gas industry. We focused on 11 different states, targeting lawmakers, local […]
Once towering over the American landscape, Christianity is becoming more counter-cultural in the Western world. Not long after arriving in Kentucky for graduate school in 2002, I read a story in the Herald-Leader in Lexington […]
The doublespeak spouting from North Carolina’s beer distributor cartel as it clings desperately to the financial and political protectionism that a misguided state law affords it is worthy of the late English writer George Orwell: […]
After a convicted criminal has repaid his debt to society, his reintegration into normal life is an issue about which everyone should be concerned. Unless he is given a lifetime sentence, he shouldn’t spend a […]
Apparently, more laws are needed to remind some North Carolinians that impeding traffic and destroying property while protesting is a crime. Piling on more laws to existing law and statutes is usually a bad sign […]
As President Donald Trump delivered his address to Congress on Tuesday, I listened in vain for a familiar presidential theme: the “forgotten man and woman.” I didn’t hear it. I hope he didn’t forget to […]
As the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament gets underway, there is one thing on which Hokies and Hurricanes and Heels (like me) can all agree: The University of Virginia men’s basketball team is virtually unwatchable […]
After a convicted criminal has repaid his debt to society, his reintegration into normal life is an issue about which everyone should be concerned. Unless he is given a lifetime sentence, he shouldn’t spend a […]
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