David Larson
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- Sep 25, 2026
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Hospitals defend CON to combat 'cream skimmers.' What about 'bottom dredgers'? (opens the original)
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This week, the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 to allow WakeMed to join the larger Atrium system. Much of the concern in the very long public comment period was that it would cause already high healthcare prices to increase. Often, when companies merge, I shrug, because if there is a free market in an industry, there is nothing stopping competitors from finding some new innovation or model to take down the giant, which has happened frequently in history. But when legal dynamics limi
NC voters should demand action on federal debt (opens the original)
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There’s a lot of talk about populism lately, with those on both the right and left denouncing the political elite and calling for major reforms. But through all the conspiracy nonsense about the political elite and unfounded hysteria over things like data centers, I don’t hear much discussion from current populists about what is the greatest threat to our nation — the national debt. It makes one miss the populism of 15 years ago, when the Tea Party movement emerged and demanded action on the nat
Against enemies foreign and domestic (opens the original)
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Yesterday, Sept. 10, marked the one-year anniversary of the killing of conservative commentator and organizer Charlie Kirk at a campaign event in Utah. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda on the World Trade Center complex in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, DC. These two anniversaries will now forever be linked in a grim two-day remembrance. But it seems appropriate that they be remembered together. In the first attack, 25 years ago, we cam
Marriage is more than a social issue (opens the original)
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While not everyone ends up married, and that’s OK, having marriage as a cultural norm stabilizes society and individuals. There’s a reason this institution was the foundation of nearly every civilization with any success and longevity. Many will insist that this is a “social issue,” which places it in a different category from normal economic or political discussion — maybe placing it in the realm of religious opinion instead. But there are great economic reasons too for encouraging marriage. Ma
Tearing down institutions is far easier than building them (opens the original)
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Americans’ trust in core institutions has been dropping for decades, according to Gallup. It dropped from almost 50% in the late 1970s to about 40% in 1990, where it stayed until 2006, when it plunged down to the mid 30s. Around 2020, it plunged again and now overall trust in core institutions sits around 27%. Gallup notes that these two major drops coincide with the Great Recession and the COVID pandemic and shutdowns. And there were plenty of reasons for everyday people to lose trust in instit
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