Daily Archives: March 23, 2011

We don’t know whether the talk of consolidating North Carolina government departments played any role, but U.S. Sen. Richard Burr has announced his support for similar moves at the federal level, according to U.S. News & World Report: For years, Republicans have talked about dismantling the Education Department. Well, the new push for substantial budgetContinue Reading

The latest talking point parroted by the Left in its campaign to secure (borrowed) federal dollars for high-speed rail in North Carolina is that the project would create 4,800 jobs, and that blocking the funding would destroy those illusory jobs. (As an example, here’s a tweet from Raleigh City Councilwoman Mary Anne Baldwin.) Assuming youContinue Reading

As the federal health care reform law reaches its first anniversary, a new John Locke Foundation report calls on North Carolina leaders to pursue Medicaid reform. Joseph Coletti explains the need for reform here and in the video clip below.

Live Blog The other day, a young woman told me about her experience on Medicaid. She was recently divorced and trying to get back on her feet, so she signed up for the state-federal health “insurance” program. What she learned, however, was that Medicaid rules meant she could not travel out of state to visitContinue Reading

Last week I noted a blitheringly stupid letter in the Wall Street Journal by a writer who can’t tell the difference between businesses (darkly called “corporate interests”) and the government. They didn’t publish my letter, but here’s the one they did: Companies Pose Less Threat Than the State Regarding George Kovac’s (Letters, March 14) critiqueContinue Reading

Obama said that he wouldn’t let the government leave Americans with “a mountain of debt.” Political talk is worthless, of course. The new budget (even with its absurdly optimistic growth assumptions) shows the mountain of debt getting steeper. Cato’s Tad DeHaven writes about it here.  At the same time the government piles up ever-increasing debt,Continue Reading

Former U.S. House speaker and potential 2012 Republican presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich uses his latest Human Events column to call for the repeal of one-year-old ObamaCare: The Obama administration and other Democratic leaders stated that once the bill was signed into law, the American people would see its benefits andcome around to supporting it, andContinue Reading

Michael Barone‘s latest Washington Examiner article tackles the Obama administration’s approach to the turmoil in Libya: As one who hopes for success in this enterprise, I am dismayed by the contradictions in the course we are following. Some three weeks ago President Obama said Gadhafi “must go.” But the U.N. Security Council resolution under whichContinue Reading