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House GOP targets China’s military
Adam Kredo and Jack Beyrer write for the Washington Free Beacon about a new plan from U.S. House Republicans. The Congressional China Task Force unveiled a legislative proposal Wednesday to…
Health Care
Supposed science lovers attack science they don’t like
Victor Davis Hanson of National Review Online probes “unscientific” attacks on Dr. Scott Atlas. The news media until recently had rarely criticized the medical advice of experts — especially those…
Elections & Public Integrity
Biden needs to take court-packing stand
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won’t release a list of prospective U.S. Supreme Court nominees. He also won’t say whether he would be open to packing the nation’s highest court…
Elections & Public Integrity
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Gov Roy Cooper and other Medicaid expansion proponents claim that expansion would cost no new state tax dollars. A new analysis from the John Locke Foundation rebuts that claim. Jordan…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello and Kari Travis of Carolina Journal Online review “Grillgate” and other hot items in N.C. politics this week. Michael LaFaive and Joseph Coletti’s Daily Journal explains why the…
Elections & Public Integrity
The Right AOC on Point: Judge issues scathing order about attempted election-law rewrite
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” discusses U.S. District Judge William Osteen’s response to the N.C. State Board of Elections’ attempt to rewrite state absentee ballot laws.…
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Health Care
The Fog of COVID-19 Data: Chasing stats when the state lacks transparency
DHHS has never been transparent with its data, its processes, or its decision criteria, which has undermined trust in what it has reported and stoked suspicions when it has made…
Law & Public Safety
Timeline could lead to Barrett confirmation before Election Day
David Corbin and Matt Parks write for the Federalist about plans to consider Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination as the next U.S. Supreme Court justice. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey…
Law & Public Safety
Republican nominations of women, blacks, and Latinos incense the left
James Antle of the Washington Examiner ponders the political left’s response to Republican nominations from groups often labeled as marginalized. Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s first Capitol Hill meetings were friendly…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
House Republicans target China
Charles Fain Lehman reports for the Washington Free Beacon on U.S. House Republicans’ efforts to punish communist China for its misdeeds. House Republicans are pushing to seal the deal on…
Elections & Public Integrity
The role of disdain in politics
Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review Online ponders recent reports that President Trump makes fun of selected church leaders. Know who else makes fun of people such as Creflo Dollar…
Law & Public Safety
Barrett could extend Scalia’s legacy
Ed Whelan writes for National Review Online about the potential long-term impact of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, if she wins confirmation to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “His…