posted November 3, 2020 by Dr. Donald R. van der Vaart
The Democrats' lawyers admit those ballots that were possessed by “someone who was not authorized to possess the ballot” — a clear violation of the law, and a Class I felony to boot — but demand under a memo signed by an unelected bureaucrat that those ballots should still be counted, immediately.
The John Locke Foundation and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice recently filed a joint amicus or “friend of the court” brief in support of a Wake County…
George Floyd’s death has elicited many proposals for improving America’s criminal justice system. Some of these, such as banning public employee unions, ending qualified immunity, and reducing our currently absurd…
Local governments have been the first line of government action in the fight against the coronavirus. They are also the level of government most vulnerable to the fiscal impact of…
Gov. Cooper’s stay-at-home executive order had a “spoonful of loophole” that let any businesses, nonprofit, or educational institution remain open provided it could “meet Social Distancing Requirement” between its…
On March 24, Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker announced his office was suspending all pistol permit and concealed-carry services. The suspension would last through April 30, he said. The…
Another election, another opportunity for counties to ask voters to raise the sales tax. Only two of 25 tax votes have passed when held in conjunction with presidential primaries, with…
A January 27 article in the News & Observer announced that a bill to make North Carolina a license state for selling liquor is unlikely to receive a vote…
WRAL reporter Tyler Dukes has examined job creation promises from North Carolina economic-development incentives programs and found them falling far, far short. Dukes assessed job creation from projects under the…
