I like to apply free-market analysis to American politics. Within established laws, politicians compete for votes and are rewarded for maximizing voters’ preferences. As in economics, there are sometimes market failures, but mostly the system […]
To set foot on American soil is to find oneself in tumultuous surroundings. A confused clamor proceeds from every quarter. A thousand voices assail the ear simultaneously, each giving expression to some social need. Everywhere […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina will gain another seat in Congress for the next 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau announced, the result of a steadily growing population as people arrive for jobs and retirement. The […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The former vice president is steadily reentering public life as he eyes his professional and political future after the Trump administration. Mike Pence is joining conservative organizations, writing op-eds, delivering speeches and […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — After more than three decades of hosting presidential candidates testing their mettle among voters in the first-in-the-South primary state of South Carolina, the Greenville landmark, Tommy’s Country Ham House, is turning off […]
RALEIGH — The 2022 election cycle is well underway and a national personality is returning home to run for state office. Former White House press secretary for Donald Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, has announced her […]
I have family, friends and neighbors who disagree with me politically. It’s never bothered me much one way or the other. I know what’s in their hearts, that they come to the conclusions they do […]
You know what really identifies us as Americans? Our independence. Americans don’t want other people telling them what to do. They, we, didn’t want the King of England telling us what to do; we don’t […]
If things had proceeded according to schedule, we’d be checking the polls to see if Joe Biden had gotten a bounce from his acceptance speech in Milwaukee. That’s because the Democratic National Convention was originally […]
A few months ago, I wrote a column about how female leaders in the Democratic party need to resist reaching for the woman card every time they feel slighted by voters or a male political […]
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