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Martin Center column examines court case testing affirmative action
Hal Arkes and George Dent write for the Martin Center about court challenges involving affirmative action. Even though Harvard won the first round in its battle with Students for Fair…
Law & Public Safety
COVID-19 and the future of U.S. national strategy
Former top national security officials John Poindexter, Robert McFarlane, and Richard Levine explain in a Federalist column why the COVID-19 pandemic should prompt a change in U.S. national strategy involving…
Elections & Public Integrity
Biden unlikely to win with attacks on the rich
Rainer Zitelmann argues in a Washington Examiner column against one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden‘s campaign tactics. As attention shifts to economic recovery this summer, Joe Biden and the…
Liberty
Republicans in Congress want sanctions for Chinese leaders
Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon reports on Capitol Hill concerns about communist China. Three Republican lawmakers have called on the Trump administration to sanction several senior Chinese government…
Law & Public Safety
Supreme Court’s COVID-19 changes make it ‘a little less awful’
Count Kevin Williamson of National Review Online among those who like the U.S. Supreme Court’s forced conversion to remote online operations. Each item on that indictment is worth considering, but…
Liberty
Media outlets downplay Trump coronavirus success story
Rich Lowry of National Review Online highlights major media outlets’ response to the Trump administration’s COVID-19 response. There is a new cardinal rule in journalism — never write anything favorable…
Elections & Public Integrity
Audit Finds Rocky Mount Officials Wrote Off Nearly $50,000 in Utility Bills
A recent audit centered around Rocky Mount uncovered some questionable fiscal behavior. Carolina Journal’s Don Carrington writes: Several Rocky Mount officials prevented the city’s utility payment office from attempting to…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on a proposed Sunshine Amendment for transparency in N.C. government. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why we can’t keep our schools closed.
Elections & Public Integrity
“Democrats Have Abandoned Civil Liberties”
It’s sad, and all too true, but it’s not something you often hear from a left-wing ideologue like Matt Taibbi. Nevertheless, that’s the title of a recent blog post by…
Education
Average Teacher Salary Increases in North Carolina
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released its annual “Highlights of the North Carolina Public School Budget” on May 18. Among other things, the report includes information about teacher…
Health Care
The Complications of COVID-19 Fatality Data
This week, JLF’s Senior Fellow and former Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Dr. Don van der Vaart, wrote a research brief analyzing the currently available data…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Meaningless statistic hits highest point in over decade
Public school advocacy groups claim that public school appropriation as a percent of the North Carolina General Fund is indicative of the legislature’s commitment to public schools. Instead, it mostly…