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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,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Gov. Cooper: Shut Down Small Businesses, Shell Out Half Billion to Mega Corporations
Thousands of businesses across North Carolina have closed their doors with no hope of returning, even after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. According to a recent research brief by the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online that Gov. Roy Cooper is not yet pushing North Carolina to a state of greater COVID-19 lockdown. John Hood’s Daily Journal highlights good…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
NC Threat-Free Index for the week of Nov. 16
All considered, 99.6% of people in NC pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
Businesses are closing forever as Cooper plays favorites
Back in September, a survey of Raleigh businesses conducted by Shop Local Raleigh found that 60 percent of small businesses in Raleigh were threatened with closure. That same month Lynn…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
We’re No. 11! We’re No. 11!
North Carolina ranks 11th in the Fraser Institute’s latest national economic freedom rankings. Based on 2018 data, the state moved up one spot from No. 12 the prior year. From…
Elections & Public Integrity
Tuesday 10 am Update: Paul Newby Leads By 367 Votes In Chief Justice Race
UPDATED AT 10 AM: Can it get any closer? The State Board of Elections website shows that the last vote count added to the Election 2020 total occurred Tuesday morning.…
Elections & Public Integrity
Addressing voter fraud and election bungling
Christopher Bedford of the Federalist offers Republicans ideas for addressing election-related problems. American elections are a mess. Well more than a week after Election Day, lawsuits abound, lawyers are everywhere,…