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Fauci Changes His Mask Story Again
Isaac Schorr writes for National Review Online about the latest change in Dr. Anthony Fauci’s narrative about wearing masks. Appearing on Good Morning America on Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted…
Energy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online on concerns about North Carolina’s reliance on the Colonial Pipeline for gasoline. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion explains how we can learn from former…
Law & Public Safety
When May Officers Use Deadly Force?
That’s the title of a helpful primer on the topic that was posted today by UNC School of Government Professor Shea Denning. Here are some excerpts that have particular revelance to…
Health Care
State’s CON Law Forces 2 Hospitals Into Ridiculous Fight Over Beds & Operating Rooms
North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law is an outdated law that dates back to the 1970s. It’s a failed economic policy from the feds that turns economics on its head when it…
Elections & Public Integrity
How the General Assembly Can Make Redistricting Lawsuits Less Likely to Succeed
Lawsuits have overturned numerous legislative maps in North Carolina over the past several decades. The most recent example was a pair of lawsuits, Common Cause v. Lewis and Harper v.…
Liberty
Taking Aim at Woke Capitalism
Conservatives are more than a little tired of all the yammering from woke CEOs telling them what to do and not do to get along with the new progressive culture.…
Transportation
Towards Safe, Cost-Effective, Equitable Transportation
In January 2021, a state commission recommended that the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) budget be increased by a behemoth 40%. The recommendation generates critical questions that must be…
Education
Martin Center Column Highlights Debate Over ‘Inequity’
Caroline Breshears writes for the Martin Center about higher education’s focus on “inequity.” The fight for “equity” in higher education is a story-driven project. As the Annie E. Casey Foundation…
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina Needs to Free Its Distilleries and Other Alcoholic Beverage Enterprises
North Carolina's ABC system is convoluted, but the state makes it worse with its own unique set of restrictions limiting homegrown alcohol businesses. Legislation this year would relax some restrictions…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Elections Have Consequences
Another spot-on cartoon, published by carolinajournal.com.
Education
Daniels Encourages Graduates to Weigh Costs, Benefits
Editors at the Federalist highlight the latest commencement remarks from Purdue president and former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. Massive amounts of information are being collected, intentionally by us and silently…
Energy
International Group Wants All New Fossil-Fuel Projects Stopped
Abby Smith and Josh Siegel report for the Washington Examiner on the latest sweeping pronouncement from an international group worried about climate change. The world must immediately stop investing in…