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Budget, Taxation & Economy
The COVID-19 lockdown and socialism
Paul Kupiec of the American Enterprise Institute compares our current economic conditions to those in societies some left-wing partisans want to emulate. The last three months in America provide a…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Small businesses threatened by the COVID-19 response
Lisa Beilfuss‘ cover story for the latest Barron’s focuses on the challenges facing American small businesses in the pandemic’s wake. The owner of Diamond Dental Lab in Des Plaines, Ill.,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Rick Henderson reports for Carolina Journal Online on President Trump’s threat to move the Republican National Convention out of Charlotte. The Daily Journal explains why the world’s foremost “rational optimist”…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Martin Center column ponders college’s value during a crisis
Chloe Anagnos argues in a Martin Center column that young Americans “don’t need college” during a time of crisis. The American economy is deteriorating “with alarming speed,” Federal Reserve Chair…
Liberty
New Carolina Journal Online feature
John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why Gov. Roy Cooper’s response to COVID-19 fails to address urgent needs.
Elections & Public Integrity
“Americans are not rallying around Donald Trump during the pandemic”
That’s the headline of a recent article in the Economist. It goes on to say, “His approval ratings have been remarkably flat compared with those of other leaders—and past American…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Help our cideries; don’t keep them shut down
How can our policymakers help cideries? First, let cideries open and welcome the public back in. Our Carolina Rebound project proposes another sensible way to help cideries going forward.
Liberty
Guilford County school bond trimmed to $300m
At last night’s contentious meeting, the Guilford Board of Commissioners approved a $300 million school bond that would go on the November ballot. The school system and liberal members of…
Law & Public Safety
Checks and Balances Must Be Respected Even in Emergencies
Everyone in North Carolina is familiar with the executive orders Gov. Roy Cooper has been issuing to address the coronavirus outbreak. In the executive order he announced on Wednesday, he…
Health Care
ICYMI: NCGA to consider universal licensure recognition
In case you missed it during this busy week, a bill was introduced in the North Carolina Senate to create a system of universal licensure recognition in North Carolina. In…
Education
Martin Center column examines higher education ‘earthquake’ out west
Scott Yenor writes for the Martin Center about major higher education developments in Idaho. Idaho’s state legislature, together with a newly engaged state board and Governor Brad Little, has made…
Health Care
Could continued COVID-19 shutdown lead to a ‘mass casualty incident’?
Tyler Olson writes at FoxNews.com about medical concerns surrounding the preferred government response to COVID-19. More than 600 doctors signed onto a letter sent to President Trump Tuesday pushing him…