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New Carolina Journal Online features

Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online that Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest reopening plan could leave N.C. bars high and dry. The Daily Journal highlights a Charlotte grandmother who’s going…

What does the science say about Cooper forcing healthy people to wear masks?

There's no science that supports Cooper's idea that asymptomatic people are the most infectious people. Your risk from a brief encounter with someone at a grocery store, someone walking from…

Martin Center column probes N.C. colleges’ financial warning signs

Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center focuses attention on financial challenges common to N.C. colleges. Amid COVID-19, nearly every college—whether a community college or a four-year institution—is facing an unusually…

Top Battleground States: Trump Rising, Biden Falling

Democrats ignore the crime wave

Michael Goodwin of the New York Post explores Democrats’ approach to violent crime. You can almost smell the sweat. The Democrats and their media handmaidens are starting to panic about…

Renewed focus on 1776 has positive impact

Mike Sabo writes for Real Clear Education about a response to damage inflicted by the New York Times‘ 1619 Project. Entrepreneur and civil rights movement veteran Robert L. Woodson, Sr.…

Fans might walk away from pro sports

Ben Domenech writes for the Federalist about the potential long-term impact of pro athletes’ latest political antics. Pro sports is profoundly enjoyable as entertainment, and as human drama there are…

A decadent society documented

Charles Murray dissects Ross Douthat‘s latest tome for the Claremont Review of Books. “Complaining about decadence is, almost by definition, a luxury good,” Ross Douthat observes in his new book,…

Pelosi, Clinton help pave way for constitutional crisis

Michael McKenna writes for the Washington Times about the role two prominent Democrats are playing in stoking fears of a contested presidential election. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 2016 Democratic presidential…

New Carolina Journal Online features

Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal about the impact of a state law that eliminates budget ultimatums. John Hood’s Daily Journal argues that previous N.C. governors budgeted more carefully than…

What are we missing because of DHHS’s delinquent data reporting?

How can public health officials know if and what kind of health crises North Carolinians are facing — and be able to take action quickly in response — when our…

Putting feelings before facts, ignorant protestors attack Rand Paul and tell him to, “Say her name.”

Reason’s Robby Soave notes the irony. The her in question is Breonna Taylor, and Senator Paul has done more than just say her name. He sponsored the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act, which would…