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This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will serve a second term as North Carolina’s top executive. But three new Republicans will join him on the Council of State. Rick Henderson analyzes key…
Education
NC Election Outcomes: Tight Races and Divided Government
This year’s election had record voter turnout. With more people casting ballots than in any other year in recent memory, more North Carolinians voiced their opinions at the ballot box.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on questions surrounding a second term for Gov. Roy Cooper. Joseph Coletti’s Daily Journal explains how markets can deal with more than money.
Health Care
The Right AOC on Point: Facebook censors JLF’s data on ineffective mask mandates
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” discusses Facebook’s decision to flag her post featuring JLF research about the ineffectiveness of mask mandates. Contact Amy at [email protected]. Follow…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Above-average and excess deaths in NC even before counting COVID deaths. Are Cooper’s orders the reason?
How many North Carolinians are suffering dire health consequences from the negative unintended consequences of Cooper's orders?
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Looking on the bright side: a 2020 election dialogue
My level of anxiety increased steadily throughout the summer as each morning brought news of more violent protests in cities across the country and as the Democrats pursued their relentless…
Elections & Public Integrity
More bad news about Twitter censorship
Ben Weingarten writes at the Federalist about the latest questionable decision from the Big Tech giant. If you thought Twitter’s censorship of reported Joe Biden family corruption or frequent flagging…
Elections & Public Integrity
GOP group to pour $10 million into Georgia Senate runoffs
David Drucker of the Washington Examiner highlights one Republican group’s money pledge for critical Georgia Senate races. The Club for Growth is investing $10 million in Georgia to preserve the…
Elections & Public Integrity
Washington Free Beacon kicks Cunningham while he’s down
Andrew Stiles of the Washington Free Beacon explains that North Carolina’s Democratic Senate candidate will not be joining a group of dubious distinction. Had he won, [Cal] Cunningham would have…
Law & Public Safety
The Mayflower Compact’s enduring value
Joseph Loconte highlights at National Review Online the continuing relevance of a four-century-old document. In his famous Leviathan, the 17th-century theorist Thomas Hobbes argued that members of a political society…
Education
School Reopenings Not Driving Large COVID Case Numbers
One of the most contentious issues in the recent North Carolina state superintendent race was whether or not to allow schools to reopen across the state. North Carolinians seemingly voiced…
Health Care
Inconvenient questions about positive ‘rights’
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online questions claims involving rights. Some bad ideas we recoil from morally: Nazism, for instance. Others do not come with the same kind of emotional…