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The Twelve Days of Mask Mess: Day 10
A finding of no protection cannot be the basis of an extreme emergency order. Furthermore, changing the culture is no business of an extreme emergency order.
Education
Martin Center president offers Christmas book recommendations
Jenna Robinson of the Martin Center offers ideas for last-minute Christmas gifts. One of my favorite projects at the Martin Center is the cultivation of our higher education library. So…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Covid Misery Index-November 2020
Even as the federal government fights over $900 billion in new spending related to COVID-19, North Carolina’s surprisingly strong financial position, a result of past prudence and continued standoffs on…
Liberty
China is faltering, and that could mean bad news
Andrew Latham writes for the Federalist about foreign policy challenges involving China. China is not a rising power but a faltering one. At first glance, this seems an absurd statement.…
Education
Teachers unions as frauds
Editors at the Washington Examiner highlight a key lesson 2020 has taught us about teachers unions. The coronavirus pandemic has brought too many failures of leadership to count. But chief…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A disturbing economic adviser for Biden
Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon profiles a new member of President-elect Joe Biden’s advisory team. President-elect Joe Biden announced Monday that he will appoint Joelle Gamble, who…
Energy
Challenging Biden’s climate ‘crisis’ rhetoric
Rich Lowry of National Review Online doesn’t buy President-elect Joe Biden’s latest warning about climate change. Former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel’s famous axiom is that a crisis is…
Energy
Climate alarmists who don’t like democracy
Andrew Stuttaford writes about the latest climate activist who has no time for the democratic process. Whether it’s through their attempts of “legislation” by regulation, litigation, or the pressure of…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Carolina Journal Online reports on a new lawsuit from bar owners across North Carolina challenging the governor’s shutdown orders. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why Christmas gifts aren’t wasteful.
Liberty
The Twelve Days of Mask Mess: Day 9
Regardless of how desirable a policymaker may view a particular action, a mathematical model's "theoretical results" with so much admitted "uncertainty" surrounding them that they should be "interpreted with caution" can…
Regulation
Biden’s Cabinet picks like gun control
Jake Dima writes for the Daily Caller about one disturbing policy preference common to multiple members of President-elect Joe Biden’s prospective Cabinet. At least five of President-elect Joe Biden’s reported…
Health Care
Health experts and manipulation of society
Nathanael Blake of the Federalist argues that health experts need to get out of the business of manipulating society. Noble lies often come to ignoble ends. Consider the current pandemic,…