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We’re Just Getting Started
“To be rather than to seem.” This motto has long been the heartbeat of our state. It means that in a land teeming with natural beauty, our greatest beauty lies…
Research Brief
Elections & Public Integrity
Anita Earls’ Lawsuit Against the Judicial Standards Commission Should Spark Changes
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls is suing the state’s Judicial Standards Commission to make them end investigations into some of her public statements. The lawsuit is based purely…
Liberty
Happy Constitution Day
To mark the day, I’m reposting the following, which orginally appeared in The Carolina Journal on September 17, 2020: The Left’s Long War on the Constitution The United States was…
Liberty
Earls Is Right on Political Speech, but Wrong in Making It a Campaign Tool
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls has recently filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission, alleging the commission has aimed to stifle her First Amendment right…
Energy
Virginia’s Power Provider Also Seeks More Natural Gas Plants
In August, Duke Energy filed an updated resource plan with the North Carolina Utilities Commission. The plan featured three possible portfolios, but Duke made it plain that the third portfolio (P3) was…
Research Brief
Education
New Report Details Florida’s Blueprint for Education Reform
A new report on Florida’s K-12 education system describes the main tenets of Critical Social Justice, discusses how this ideology finds its way into K-12 schools, and documents how Florida…
Education
HVAC Woes Should Make Wake County Public School Parents and Students More than Hot
Not even two weeks into the new school year, at least nine Wake County public schools have already been forced to dismiss students early or close entirely because of HVAC…
Research Brief
Education
Opportunity Scholarship Program Empowers Students from Low- and Moderate-Income Households
State government data show that North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program serves students from low- and moderate-income households. Of the 17,287 households with OSP recipients during the 2022-2023 academic year, more…
Liberty
9/11 to Now: America’s Unwavering Quest for Freedom and Unity
Yesterday marked the twenty-second anniversary of the deadly terror attacks on September 11, 2001, a day that started like any other but quickly became the deadliest day our nation has…
Education
North Carolina State Board of Education Passes Policy to Reassert Authority over Charter Schools
On Sept. 7, the North Carolina State Board of Education approved a new policy entitled “Funding and Accountability for Charter Schools” in an effort to exert more authority over charter…
Elections & Public Integrity
Allison Riggs Will Likely Have a Short and Unhappy Tenure on the Court of Appeals Supreme Court
Gov. Roy Cooper announced on September 11 that he is appointing Allison Riggs to fill the remaining term of North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Michael Morgan, who announced his retirement…
Liberty
What Do Our Sons and Daughters Know Of 9/11?
Today, I woke my children up, helping them prepare for their week ahead; ensuring backpacks were zipped, faces washed, breakfasts eaten. On the drive to school, my older son and…