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Reviewing the Electoral College map
Naomi Lim of the Washington Examiner looks into the state of the American electorate after the 2020 presidential race. President Trump has changed the contours of the electoral map, but…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Probing the cost of a Biden gun tax
Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon explores the potential price tag of one of Joe Biden’s stated policy goals. American gun owners could face tens of billions of dollars…
Liberty
Ongoing debate over the word ‘conservative’
Jay Nordlinger of National Review Online ponders the meaning of an important term. Twenty-five years ago, I met Scott Morris, when we both worked at The Weekly Standard. He asked,…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online that newly elected N.C. county commissioners could generate the next generation of Republican state leaders. Terry Stoops’ Daily Journal highlights potential challenges and…
Liberty
Local reporter offers up more COVID-conflated religiosity
In a recent research brief, I decried media and public officials creating a climate of fear and suspicion over the pandemic. I intimated that it was taking on quasi-religious trappings, but I…
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Education
State Board of Education should reject cynical and divisive social studies standards
This week, the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released the fourth draft of North Carolina social studies standards. I reviewed the available documents, but I took a particular interest…
Education
Martin Center column proposes major shift in teacher training
Matthew Post writes for the Martin Center about a potential positive shift in teacher training. With the pandemic, more parents are discovering what their children are being taught in public…
Elections & Public Integrity
The impact of declining trust in election results
Willis Krumholz writes for the Federalist about the negative impact for society of a loss of faith in American election results. Four years ago, Republican voters would have accepted the…
Liberty
More bad news about Chinese oppression
Joel Gehrke of the Washington Examiner reports the latest disturbing news about China’s efforts to thwart freedom. Chinese officials are developing high-tech mechanisms to monitor and suppress religious believers as…
Elections & Public Integrity
Left-wing activists target Georgia Senate runoffs
Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon highlights one group’s efforts to flip Georgia’s two Republican U.S. Senate seats. A far-left former congressional candidate often called “Atlanta’s AOC” has launched…
Elections & Public Integrity
The Black Lives Matter group faces a messaging failure
Rich Lowry of National Review Online ponders a failure for the group calling itself Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter came up with the single most effective political slogan of…
Education
Against forgiveness of college student loan debt
Robert Verbruggen of National Review Online pans proposals for the federal government to forgive student loan debt. Some on the left, perhaps most prominently senators Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren,…