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Why NC should envy Japan’s COVID-19 response
The contrasts between Cooper's heavy-handed, deeply authoritarian, and woefully ineffective policies and Japan's less restrictive, more sensible virus mitigation policies are striking. So, too, are the similarities between Japan's policies…
Energy
New session highlights second chance for previous ideas
“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9 Yesterday kicked off the new two-year…
Education
Wake County Schools is the latest district to ignore the scientific consensus on COVID
Keung Hui of the News & Observer has the latest: Wake County students will not return to in-person instruction for at least another month due to concerns about rising COVID-19 numbers…
Education
Martin Center column proposes fix for college language requirement
Lee Jones writes for the Martin Center about a helpful reform for higher education. In her fine opinion piece for the Martin Center, Megan Zogby bemoans the “Quixotic” requirement that…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Cooper pledged over half a billion dollars to 48 cronies as NC lost over 222K jobs
Cooper's corporate welfare tally for 2020 is jaw-dropping: $519.3 million pledged to just 48 corporations. Supposedly that would lead to 11,600 new jobs, which is only about one-nineteenth the number…
Health Care
Coronavirus as a never-ending problem
Tyler Van Dyke reports for the Washington Examiner about one disturbing prediction involving the future of coronavirus. In short, one expert believes we are far from seeing a return to…
Law & Public Safety
Cruz, Hawley targeted by judicial oversight group
Kevin Daley of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a campaign to punish two high-profile U.S. senators. A judicial oversight group is pressing to disqualify Sens. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and…
Liberty
Disturbing aftermath of the Capitol attack
Victor Davis Hanson writes at National Review Online about the consequences of last week’s mob attack at the U.S. Capitol. Two days after the 2020 election, a defiant Kathy Griffin…
Liberty
America is failing the crazy test
David Harsanyi writes for National Review Online about recent signs of Americans’ collective embrace of extreme political positions. The better life becomes for the vast majority of Americans — and…
Energy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
COVID-19 and the government shutdowns tied to it have created special challenges for entrepreneurs in North Carolina’s alcohol-related industries. John Trump reviews those challenges during the next edition of Carolina…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Johnny Kampis reports for Carolina Journal Online on a group promoting a 40% funding increase for North Carolina’s Department of Transportation, despite an audit showing excess spending. Terry Stoops’ Daily…
Liberty
The Right AOC on Point: Response to Capitol violence from Big Tech, political Left causes concern
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” condemns recent violence at the U.S. Capitol. She also shares her concerns about the response to the violence from Big Tech…