That’s the title of Bari Weiss’s recent interview with the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party. Because I have lots of friends and relations in the UK, I follow British…
I wouldn’t go so far as to say Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is something to give thanks for. Only time will tell. Still, judging by their recent…
In Part One of this series, I confirmed that North Carolina does indeed have a crime problem. I noted that crime rates rose dramatically between 2018 and 2021 and that clearance rates…
(Note: This piece was originally posted in 2018. I’m reposting it because much of what I said then remains relevant and important today.) Just over one hundred years ago—on November…
Four years ago, I posted a piece discussing the judicial races that were taking place at the time. Since it’s still relevant, I’m reposting the first part today. A reporter…
Note: This is the third in a series of research briefs about crime in North Carolina. In part one of this series, I discussed how murder and other crimes spiked…
(In honor or Constitution Day, I’m reposting this Opinion Piece that originally appeared in the Carolina Journal in 2019.) The title of this piece pays homage to Karl Popper’s great…
Crime is a localized phenomenon that varies greatly from city to city and from neighborhood to neighborhood. As a result, the burden of crime tends to be borne disproportionately by…
So called “assault weapons,” including particularly AR-15s and similar lightweight semi-automatic rifles, have long been the target of gun control legislation. The Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller should…
The Major Cities Chiefs Association has just released a Violent Crime Survey comparing the first half of 2024 to the same period last year. The good news is that for…
A strict separation of legislative, executive, and judicial power is guaranteed by both the North Carolina and the United States constitutions. With the connivance of progressive jurists, the progressive left…
In Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law, US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and his former clerk, Janie Nitze, describe the extent to which the United States had…