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Martin Center column explains professor’s decision to leave ‘blight’ of higher ed
Thomas Bertonneau writes for the Martin Center about his retirement from higher education. In May of 2020, my wife and I took our retirement after more than 30 years of…
Critiquing the Lumbee recognition legislation
Jameson Taylor criticizes the process involved with granting federal recognition to Lumbee Indians. You would think that with everything going on — a disputed election, a pandemic, rising unemployment claims…
Biden campaign manager shares Dems’ true thoughts about GOP
Editors at the Washington Free Beacon highlight a recent colorful comment from Joe Biden’s campaign manager. It illustrates a sad truth about one of America’s major political parties. Glamour magazine’s…
Biden and Nemesis
Victor Davis Hanson of National Review Online delivers a warning to the president-elect. Joe Biden will be our next president. But he will face Nemesis in a way that few…
‘But Trump!’ is not an adequate response to Biden criticism
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online reacts to a common mistake made by President-elect Joe Biden’s defenders. If you write anything critical about the incoming Biden administration, the usual ninnies…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
COVID-19 has produced devastating health and economic consequences. A new misery index attempts to place those consequences in perspective. Joseph Coletti explains the index for the next edition of Carolina…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak of Carolina Journal Online reviews the week in N.C. politics. Ray Nothstine’s Daily Journal focuses on voluntary charity’s superiority to government coercion.
The Twelve Days of Mask Mess: Day 4
This study specifically cautions against some aspects of mask-wearing inherent in the extents of Cooper’s order.
Voter ID developments and more on ‘Locked In with Algenon Cash’
Thank you to Algenon Cash for inviting me to chat Wednesday about voter ID, the N.C. Supreme Court, and more.
School Choice During the Pandemic
There’s always been overwhelming support for programs offering school choice opportunities for disadvantaged and special-needs children assigned to underperforming or unsafe public schools. Modest investments in school choice programs can…
North Carolina Must Rein In Governor’s Emergency Powers
Gov. Roy Cooper has taken long-term control of the movements and actions of more than 10 million North Carolinians through the state’s Emergency Management Act. His long-term use of the…
Anti-religious activists on the rise
Ryan Everson writes for the Federalist about a troubling element of 2020’s unsettled times. In the chaotic year of 2020, anti-religious activists have learned that the best place to hide…