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Happy Independence Day!
And, if by any chance, you’ve got the time and the inclination for some serious thoughts about the significance of the day, here are three interesting peice from the folks…
Education
Martin Center column examines COVID-19’s impact on professors
Kathleen Bustamante writes for the Martin Center that the pandemic has affected her approach to college students’ challenges. A student whose mother had been hospitalized for leukemia, for example, experienced…
Liberty
Fighting back in the ‘cultural civil war’
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist offers readers ideas for counting the current anti-American narrative. Silicon Valley, Hollywood, academia, the mainstream media, corporate America, and the entire Democratic Party (along…
Education
The Espinoza ruling and educational freedom
Neal McCluskey argues in a Washington Examiner column that there’s more to educational freedom than winning the Espinoza case in the U.S. Supreme Court. School choice advocates are in pretty…
Liberty
NY Times joins Democratic Party in dissing Mount Rushmore
Josh Christenson writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the latest attack on one of America’s most well-loved monuments. Ahead of President Donald Trump’s Friday visit to Mount Rushmore the…
Law & Public Safety
An imaginary defense from the chief justice
Kyle Smith of National Review Online puts words in Chief Justice John Roberts’ mouth. I know that some of you are calling attention to how, when the liberals have five…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Some question why police officers can get jobs in North Carolina with less training than barbers. Jon Sanders addresses in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio an even more…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello and Kari Travis recap for Carolina Journal Online the week’s top N.C. political news. John Trump’s Daily Journal explains that government edicts ignore the power of personal responsibility.
Liberty
Proud to be an American? I asked my family for help with an assignment and learned a few lessons myself.
We got an assignment this week from JLF’s CEO to make some comments on social media about why we’re proud to be an American. It seemed like an easy task…
Liberty
‘Governor No’ extends his veto record
With eight new vetoes announced today, Gov. Roy Cooper extends his record for most pieces of legislation vetoed by a single N.C. chief executive. Today’s vetoes include bills to reopen…
Education
An Uncertain School Year Could Push Parents Towards School Choice
Gov. Roy Cooper was supposed to announce the state’s official back-to-school plan on Wednesday, July 1. However, that did not happen, and the lack of direction has led many students,…
Research Brief
Education
Want to know more about back to school plans in North Carolina? Me too.
After promising to select one of three school reopening plans on July 1, Gov. Cooper announced that he would get around to making a decision sometime in the next few…