Let me generalize. Many people are Democrats, some believe in democracy. Many people are Republicans, some believe in a republic. Those who register Independent or third party find neither of the two major parties to their liking. People of majority northern European ancestry, if registered to vote, are Democrats, Republican or Independent. People of African […]
The I-77 tolling contract contains a non-compete clause that allows Cintra to be compensated for lost revenues resulting from certain public improvements. Basically, if we add any general purpose interstate lanes we’ll not only pay for construction costs but also whatever revenues Cintra is projected to lose. There are a few exceptions to this. One exception is if […]
Earlier this week, a child’s life in Aurora, Colorado was forever changed when she discovered that the Cookie Monster is not actually the happy, fuzzy, blue creature who loves to eat and share his sweets on TV, but a cafeteria worker at her pre-school who confiscated the small pack of Oreo cookies her mother lovingly […]
Background In the summer of 1787 legislators from every state gathered in Philadelphia to debate and draft what became the Constitution of the United States. Their hopes were buoyed by the success two years earlier of the Mt Vernon Convention, when Virginia and Maryland drafted the first inter-state compact in American history, an agreement regarding […]
We were brought up to believe people are elected to public office to serve the people. Further, the people hired to operate the various departments of government should also be there to serve the public. Unfortunately, the power that is inherent in these positions requires the highest moral character in order to ensure proper actions […]
*Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of posts by Kurt Naas. The entire series is linked to at the bottom of this post. Perhaps no other institution in America- not Congress, not the Presidency, and certainly not the electorate- has been more instrumental in defining the relationship between citizen and government. In […]
Last week NC House Bill 681, sponsored by Representatives Millis, Hager, Collins and Warren, was voted on once in committee but halted for now at least. This bill is a conservative “no brainer” but five Republican RINOs (the new Fab Five) killed it for reasons that will be revealed. We can’t identify why these five would perpetuate these […]
My family relocated to Huntersville from south Charlotte in late 2013 so I’ve not quite been here two years. Below are a few Huntersville-focused random thoughts (à la Thomas Sowell) because I haven’t yet taken the time to turn any of these into full-length articles. – I recently completed Huntersville 101, a nine week civics […]
Republicans! To the barricades, mes enfants! As The National Journal noted late last year, in an article entitled It’s Hard Out There For A Bay Area Conservative, “‘Conservatives in Northern California ‘have been beaten into submission,’ says Chris Pareja, host of a weekly political television show in Silicon Valley.” The National Journal recently drilled down […]
The Daily News Fix recently asked North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest a few questions regarding the current problem with the 2016 Presidential Primaries. An issue was created when, in 2014, the Republican National Convention (RNC) changed their rulesafter the North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA), in 2013, had moved North Carolina’s Presidential Primary date to February […]
