During the debate over the passage of Jessica’s law I made a comment at a gathering of concerned citizens that North Carolina was in danger of becoming a magnet state for sex offenders unless we strengthened the law. The quote was published in the Charlotte Observer and later ridiculed by leftist apologists for child molesters: [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2008
- 1Sep03
Fun Opinion Question o’ the Week
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- Sep03
Drill Here, Drill Now: Rader Dead Wrong
In "N.C. drilling is no solution" Doug Rader of Environmental Defense rehashes a number of popular energy myths. First, he says "drilling for oil off North Carolina’s coast will not reduce costs at the pump. Anyone who says so is flat out wrong." I say so. I’m not wrong. Here’s why: the prospect of new [...]
- 1Sep03
Questions to Make NC Political Candidates Squirm
Over the next two months, political candidates around the Tar Heel state will be easy to find. They’ll be kissing babies in diners. Glad-handing in malls. They’ll have their talking points ready and their elevator speeches polished. But if you ask them the right kind of question, they may not be ready. We need to [...]
- 1Sep02
American Prosperity: What the Left Doesn’t Want You to Know
How are we doing? Prosperity manifests itself in all sorts of ways. Americans today, particularly the poor, enjoy benefits they could never have dreamed of in 1905 and 1955, according to this piece in the American. 1. Products and conveniences have spread into American households.2. The poor have much, much more.3. What hard work buys [...]
- Sep02
Waking up to Green Rent Seeking
The dust and tear gas have cleared from the Democratic National Convention in Denver and a very interesting point has surfaced from the street protests. The protests included a group criticizing the growth of the role of business in the Al Gore Green coalition. Zombie, protest blogger extraordinaire, has the best pictures of the protest. [...]
- 2Sep02
Why We’ll Never Run Out of Oil
Don Boudreaux is on a roll, evidently. Here, he explains why we’ll never run out of oil. This excerpt, pistachio example from Russ Roberts, goes far in explaining the insights of the late Julian Simon, whom politicians and peak-oiler routinely ignore. My colleague Russ Roberts explains why in his book The Invisible Heart. Imagine, Russ [...]
- Sep02
T. Boone Pickens … Central Planner?
A slice of wisdom from Don Boudreaux, writing the WSJ in response to T. Boone Pickens whose convertion to voodoo economics seems complete:Crusading for a national "energy plan" and upset that Holman Jenkins isn’t on board, T. Boone Pickens asks rhetorically: "My father used to tell me that a fool with a plan is better [...]