The 2008 housing collapse and the continuing discussion over the government's various policies of financial and regulatory intervention in the economy give Libertarians and Tea Party voters reason to look at two differing theories of the business cycle and how markets fail, i.e., the view of John M. Keynes and that of the Austrian School of economics, principally represented by Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek....more >>
Which analogy do you prefer? The Star Wars cantina? ...... a carnival sideshow? ...... a circus parade? ...... a casting call for The Walking Dead? Pick any one of'em to describe the latest series of Loonies Aplenty that have descended on the NC General Assembly....more >>
Senate President Pro Tem (that's the top man in the NC Senate) announced a major overhaul of the state's tax code Tuesday (5-7-13) and called it the "largest tax CUT in NC history....more >>
They say that time flies when you are having fun. And so it has been with my relationship with the Beaufort Observer. It has been interesting; it has been positive; and it has been enjoyable....more >>
Meeting with Secretary Tata
This week, I led a group of Buxton constituents and Dare County Commissioners, along with Representative Paul Tine to talk with NC Secretary of Transportation Anthony Tata regarding the road problems experienced by the folks in Buxton....more >>
The environmentalists seem to have been successful in infiltrating our schools. We know that they took over our Universities a long time ago. And in the process, they have managed to get their hands on a whole lot of taxpayer dollars....more >>
Mark Creech the director of the Christian Action League delivered a straight forward message to a special meeting of the Beaufort Patriot Tea Party that had invited Ministers in the area to hear a presentation on " Christian Ideals for Government"....more >>
It was 1962 when Rachel Carson wrote her revealing - if not controversial - book Silent Spring which pretty much ushered in the "modern" environmental movement. Of course John Muir and a number of others preceded her in focusing the public's attention on the Environment, but I believe she was the prime mover who really got the public fired up about doing something to protect it....more >>
I was always under the impression that people elect you to the Senate so that you can give voice to THEIR concerns in Washington. Kay Hagan got elected from North Carolina, but she's put together a voting record that would earn her senator-for-life status in Massachusetts....more >>
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