Daily Archives: May 16, 2011

Special Election Dates – Let’s be fair

Written on May 16, 2011 at 1:55 pm, by

House Bill 366, Special Election Dates will be heard on the House floor tonight.  The first of two votes are expected.  This bill would require that special elections, like one for a local sales tax hike could only be held on the same day of a General Election or a Municipal election.  What we’ve seenContinue Reading

Spreading the word about N.C.’s real state budget numbers

Written on May 16, 2011 at 1:51 pm, by

Partisans on all sides toss around a lot of numbers connected to North Carolina’s state budget debate. Some of those numbers are more accurate than others, and some are subject to misuse. Joseph Coletti discussed the importance of highlighting accurate, dependable information about the budget during a presentation today to the John Locke Foundation’s ShaftesburyContinue Reading

You’re not an anarchist if you demand that the state give you money and jobs

Written on May 16, 2011 at 12:24 pm, by

In this Cato@Liberty post, David Boaz takes issue with writers who call the Greek protesters “anarchists.” Anarchists oppose the state. The protesters in Greece are angry because the state is scaling back on its transfer of wealth from other Greeks to them. Those people are not anarchists, but rather parasites. Of course, they don’t thinkContinue Reading

You might be a progressive if….

Written on May 16, 2011 at 11:06 am, by

You might be a progressive if you think that labor unions should be given special powers because they “help the little guy” but look the other way when union bosses loot the  treasury and beat up members who complain about it.

Will technology kill the teachers’ unions?

Written on May 16, 2011 at 6:40 am, by

Stanford political science professor Terry Moe thinks so. An article in the latest Fortune magazine (not yet posted online) discusses key themes from Moe’s new book Special Interest. Here’s a key excerpt: Moe says legislative reforms like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top “are small things by comparison, and they can beContinue Reading

The specter of inflation

Written on May 16, 2011 at 6:39 am, by

Americans have been spared for decades from massive inflation. But Nina Easton’s latest Fortune column suggests the “specter” of large-scale price hikes could be added to “Obama’s list of economic woes.” We haven’t experienced real inflation in more than a generation, so this economic blight is mostly an uncertain stranger to pollsters and political strategistsContinue Reading

Virginia A.G. explains his state’s suits against the federal government

Written on May 16, 2011 at 6:38 am, by

If you watched with interest as North Carolina Republican legislators filed a brief supporting a lawsuit against ObamaCare — sidestepping Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue and Attorney General Roy Cooper — you might be interested to read a recent issue of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis. Virginia A.G. Ken Cuccinelli explains why his state’s legal challenge of theContinue Reading

An Obama apologist sees his weakness on the economy

Written on May 16, 2011 at 6:36 am, by

No one could use TIME columnist Joe Klein of being a regular critic of our 44th president. That’s why it’s interesting to read this analysis from Klein’s latest column: By depriving the Republicans of the birth-certificate and tough-on-terrorism issues in a single week, Obama may ultimately force them to spend most of their time discussingContinue Reading