Jon Sanders

The North Carolina State Constitution infers an important truth: that a state structured around "the great, general, and essential principles of liberty" is a work of genius, allowing human flourishing in ways never before seen in the world.

Some truths are so self-evident that our state constitution infers them, such as this one: "the blessings of liberty."

In North Carolina, the self-evident truths are not just undergirding and informing the thinking that produced the Constitution, they are a very part of it.

Without North Carolina's debate over the Constitution, it's possible we wouldn't even have a Bill of Rights.

DEQ lists 164 "stakeholders" to develop a "Clean Energy Plan." They identify "key stakeholders" as those "with a vested interest in clean energy." OK, so who cares for affordable, reliable, efficient electricity?

Duke professor Michael Munger's recent article for the American Institute for Economic Research urges caution about a rather blithe attitude we've seen lately to toss over social and political institutions without a second's thought.

A ban on fracking would be asinine. It would be self-destructive, devastating to the economy, a gut punch to the poor, and practically ineffective to do anything about climate change. It's also something Vladimir Putin has been working for years to bring it about.

You may have heard news about the yield curve inverting and that it portends a recession. But what is it, and what does it mean?