According to the news reports: “The case of a man who was stuck with a $14,419 bill that he calls inflated and unreasonable after three days of care in a Charlotte hospital is going to be heard by the North Carolina Supreme Court. … “Robert Talford argues that there should be a trial to determine [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Does school choice reduce crime?
The Spring 2012 issue of Education Next weighs into the school choice debate with an article by the same name. David Deming, as Assistant Professor at Harvard, analyzed data from disadvantaged high risk students from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. At the time of the study, CMS had a district wide open enrollment school choice plan. [...]
Indiana’s Top Election Official Guilty of 6 Election Related Felony Charges
Another case of voter fraud – this time coming from Indiana. Indiana’s Republican Secretary of State, the states’ top election officer, was found guilty of six felony charges, “including false registration, voting in another precinct, submitting a false ballot, theft and two counts of perjury.” I wonder how many people in NC think it is alright [...]
Upset About UNC Tuition Hikes? Here’s a Free Economics Lesson
Here is a free economics lesson for these college students protesting proposed tuition hikes. The price of a good or service (such as tuition and fees for college) is set where supply equals demand. When that price is allowed to be set in a free, competitive market, the price will bring into harmony these factors. But [...]
What’s in a Name? Ask the Left.
In this Under the Dome article, the News and Observer again fails to inform the reader that the advocacy group they are reporting for on is just another left-wing progressive liberal advocacy organization hiding behind a moral and honorable name and mission (lobbying reform). Heck, everybody thinks lobbyists should be reformed – don’t they? The [...]
