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Philanthropy’s role in American division

Elise Westhoff writes for National Review Online about the political left’s success in capturing control of charitable groups. For generations, American philanthropists have devoted their lives to empowering their fellow…

New Carolina Journal Online features

Dallas Woodhouse reports for Carolina Journal Online on Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s decision not to run for U.S. Senate in 2022. The Daily Journal explains how child tax deduction changes…

Five Reasons North Carolina Needs a Taxpayer Bill of Rights

Legislators last week introduced SB 717, Taxpayer Bill of Rights. The bill would put to a vote of the people in 2022 an amendment to the state constitution that would…

Cooper cost his favorite restaurant over $2,000/day. What did he do to yours?

Anyone with any compassion has to be distraught over what Gov. Roy Cooper has done to the state’s small businesses over the past 13 months so far. On Friday, Donna…

Sen. Burr is planning to support dreadful candidate for U.S. Dept of Education post

N.C. Sen. Richard Burr plans to support Cindy Marten to serve as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. That would be a mistake. Biden supporter Joe Nathan of…

NC Teachers United: Keeping it classy on Facebook since 2018

Smart Start conference to feature critical race theory peddler Ibram X. Kendi

Tom Cotton calls Ibram X. Kendi “a leading agitator for critical race theory.”  In May, he will be the headline speaker at one of the nation’s largest early education conferences.

Martin Center column highlights ‘tainted’ FSU chancellor search

Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center highlights bad optics tied to the recent selection of a chancellor for Fayetteville State University. University leaders could have eased a lot of suspicion…

Cooper’s reckless budget, Part 3: Four good ideas and a terrible one

The governor's proposal includes a few spending priorities worth highlighting for further consideration. So it's not all reckless, but Cooper's $4.7 billion bond proposal sure is.

Australians demonstrate international appeal of ‘Trumpism’

Thomas Lifson of the American Thinker documents interesting political developments Down Under. A global political realignment is underway, detaching workers from the Marxist left that ostensibly was created to serve…

Filibuster’s history offers valuable lessons

John Steele Gordon writes for City Journal about the origins of a controversial U.S. Senate procedure. The word comes from the Spanish for “freebooter,” another name for pirate. In the…

Democrats and corporations working against the public

Glenn Reynolds writes for the New York Post about collusion between a political party and large businesses. Georgians adopted voter-integrity measures supported by a large majority of Americans, that are…