John Hood: Lawmakers Should Close Health Plan Hole
During the 2023 fiscal year, the federal government ran a $1.7 trillion deficit. That’s an increase of $320 billion, or 23%, over last year’s deficit. And the worst is yet to come.
Opinion
Op-Ed: Action Urged on PBM Reform
It is hard enough to manage the high out-of-pocket expenses that come with the prescription medications I rely on without having to worry about greedy insurers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers using every trick in the book to boost their profits at the expense of patient access and affordability.
John Hood: Land-Use Rules Cost Us Dearly
RALEIGH — Though polarization is a pervasive and powerful force in our politics, housing policy is one area where cross-ideological coalitions have become increasingly common.
John Hood: Psychology Helps Explain Political Divide
RALEIGH — Because I spend much of my time encouraging constructive engagement across political difference, through such programs as Duke University’s North Carolina Leadership Forum, readers sometimes ask me if I think political differences are more appearance than reality — that if we just tried
John Hood: Can Biden truly contest North Carolina?
How can the Democratic Party hope to win North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes for president next year?
OPINION: Leave concerns about Earls’ controversial comments to the voters
State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls accused conservative colleagues of placing their ideology above the institution, she might have engaged in constitutionally protected political speech.
Op-Ed: Support RISEE to incentivize clean energy projects
As a native North Carolinian, I know too well the devastating impacts flooding and natural disasters can have on our coastal communities. I also know the positive impact visionary projects can have in helping protect these communities.
John Hood: Give peace a chance – on trade
Former President Donald Trump has proposed an across-the-board tariff tax of 10% on all imports. How would such an increase in protectionist central planning affect our economy?
Op-Ed: Sowell laments progressives’ history of certainty, dismissiveness
Progressives differ in substantial ways from those who carried the same political label 100 years ago.
John Hood: UNC Professor shaped modern journalism
In 2005, the veteran journalist and professor spoke at an academic conference in San Antonio. “The demassification of the media did not start with the Internet,” he told a room full of people who’d long assumed otherwise.
John Hood: Inflation remains a potent political issue
Democrats are puzzled and frustrated. Jobless rates are low, wages are rising, and growth in gross domestic product last quarter was sizzling. Why do voters remain so dissatisfied with the current economy? And why do most of them disapprove of the economic stewardship of President Joe Biden and his Democratic Party?
John Hood: Ballot will feature many competitive races
It goes without saying that North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes for president will, as usual, be heavily contested next year by the two major-party nominees, who are presumed to be Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump.