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Time to amend the Emergency Management Act, Part Four
The North Carolina Emergency Management Act (EMA) delegates too much power to the executive branch and provides too little legislative guidance and oversight. This article proposes specific changes to the…
Liberty
Reminding Schumer of his ‘violent rhetoric’
Mollie Hemingway of the Federalist remembers a speech that the U.S. Senate’s Democratic leader might want to forget. When Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., spoke against the constitutionality of the Democrats’…
Liberty
Trump allies see impeachment as opportunity for political brawl
Rob Crilly of the Washington Examiner reports on some Trump supporters’ approach to the former president’s second impeachment trial. Supporters of former President Donald Trump are building his impeachment trial…
Regulation
Facebook targets Second Amendment group with no explanation
Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon documents the latest questionable editorial decision from a social media giant. A top Virginia gun-rights group was booted from Facebook without explanation on…
Liberty
Probing Biden’s pledge to rebuild alliances
Isaac Schorr of National Review Online takes a closer look at one of the new president’s promises. A common refrain of the Biden campaign was that as president, the Democratic…
Health Care
COVID-19 vaccination timetable will last well into spring
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online offers bad news to those who expect the swift COVID-19 vaccination of America’s most vulnerable people. Perhaps the country would be better off if…
Regulation
New Carolina Journal Online features
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on a bill that would extend deadlines for state alcohol permit holders who’ve been closed by COVID-19. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion argues that…
Energy
If it weren’t for double standards, the left wouldn’t have any standards at all
In case you missed it, here’s the latest example courtesy of Fox News: “John Kerry took private jet to Iceland for environmental award, called it ‘only choice for somebody like…
Education
School reopenings: Gov. Cooper style
Let’s say that even for the most objective and fair minded, it’s hard to ignore the timing. Three days after hundreds of parents rallied in front of the Governor’s mansion…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Western Carolina report offers assessment of N.C. COVID-19 recovery prospects
Newly released today from the Center for the Study of Free Enterprise at Western Carolina University: The Center for the Study of Free Enterprise at Western Carolina University has issued…
Education
Martin Center column takes closer look at college syllabus
Peter Bonilla writes for the Martin Center about potential threats to academic freedom in the college syllabus. The syllabus is such a basic document that most of us tend not…
Elections & Public Integrity
The return of Pat McCrory?
The 2022 election season is here, and the North Carolina U.S. Senate seat now held by Richard Burr, is a sought-after seat. Already on the Republican side, former North Carolina…