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Fear of Barrett is really fear of the Constitution

David Harsanyi explores at National Review Online leftists’ fears of new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Nothing threatens the progressive project more than the existence of a Supreme…

90 Percent of Positive COVID-19 Tests Could Be Inactive

North Carolina’s positive cases of COVID-19 might be misleading, according to a recent article from WRAL. After the John Locke Foundation’s Director of Regulatory Studies, Jon Sanders, sounded the alarm…

Kavanaugh as the high court’s key vote

Jason Richwine writes for National Review Online about the pivotal role of one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s newest members. If Justice Barrett votes as her mentor Justice Scalia did,…

New Carolina Journal Online features

Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. local governments pushing back against Gov. Roy Cooper’s request for local action enforcing COVID-19 restrictions. Carolina Journal Online also reports on…

State sponsors climate resiliency art contest

Candidate Question: How should Governor Cooper have handled the Coronavirus response differently?

We believe the Governor should have taken a regional approach by allowing schools and businesses to remain open in areas with very low infection outbreaks rather than a blanket approach.…

New 2019 NAEP results: Drop in reading scores, no change in math

Academic performance continues to disappoint: The average reading score for the nation’s twelfth-graders declined between 2015 and 2019 and there was no statistically significant change in twelfth-graders’ average mathematics score…

Martin Center column highlights academia’s liberal bias

Mitchell Langbert writes for the Martin Center about the academy’s left-leaning political views. In a year when numerous faculty members who aren’t “woke” have been pilloried, and many universities are…

Candidate Question: Did the state’s executive branch overstep its authority or act in the interest of public health?

Governor Cooper absolutely overstepped his authority. The emergency management authority was never intended to extend for months and he completely ignored constitutional requirements to confer and consult with the Council…

Hunter Biden and media corruption

John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist highlights major media outlets’ failure to follow the facts of the Hunter Biden scandal. It’s hard to read Anne Applebaum’s recent article on the…

Marshall never would have served on the Supreme Court under Schumer’s rules

Noemie Emery of the Washington Examiner reminds us about an importance piece of U.S. Supreme Court history. Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., seems to have been in a strange…

Senator questions Chinese influence over American students

Yuichiro Kakutani of the Washington Free Beacon reports a new round of questions about Chinese influence in American schools. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.) is demanding that the College Board…