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Martin Center column places higher education crisis in perspective
Jay Schalin of the Martin Center asks readers of his latest column to “be reasonable. but not naive” as they ponder problems plaguing American higher education. Let’s Be Reasonable: A…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Cooper is Steering North Carolina Towards Electricity Blackouts
North Carolinians should know that many of the energy policies Gov. Roy Cooper has advocated for here in North Carolina follow the mistakes identified as the cause of California's blackouts.…
Elections & Public Integrity
The 6 GOP Senators Who Voted Yes To Impeachment Trial
Following hours of debate on Tuesday from House prosecutors and defense attorneys representing former President Donald Trump, the U.S. Senate voted 56 – 44 that trying Mr. Trump is constitutional.…
Education
Universities promoting totalitarian traits
Evita Duffy writes for the Federalist about a disturbing element of universities’ responses to COVID-19. If you think state and federal government COVID-19 policies are too restrictive, you haven’t been…
Law & Public Safety
Retiring judges give Biden chance to make his mark
Nicholas Rowan of the Washington Examiner highlights one potential long-lasting legacy of a Biden presidential administration. President Biden will have a chance to rework the federal judiciary as an increasing…
Liberty
NYT feud demonstrates major media silliness
Aaron Sibarium writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a controversial staffing change at the nation’s most prominent newspaper. The “resignation” of star New York Times science writer Donald McNeil…
Education
Challenging the notion that classics are racist
Rich Lowry of National Review Online rebuts the argument that studying the classics of Western civilization amounts to racism. It was only a matter of time before Cicero got canceled.…
Health Care
Biden’s vaccine plan falters in face of reality
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online highlights problems linked to the new president’s plan for COVID-19 vaccines. You can almost hear the sigh of frustration from the Oval Office: “But…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. residents’ dissatisfaction with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. John Hood’s CJ Opinion explains how the political left is damaging N.C. public…
Education
Open up! NC Senate passes bill to get kids back in class
From Senate leadership comes this news today about reopening North Carolina schools. Today, the Senate took decisive action to return students to the classroom for in-person learning. Senate Bill 37,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index for the week ending February 8
All considered, about 99.4% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone — a virus most had never had and the rest had recovered from.
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
New research warns: the death toll from lockdowns will far exceed that of COVID-19
Cooper has continued to ignore research on the long-term severe health consequences from lockdowns. New research from professors at Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard Medical School warns that…