Education Next released its 2021 poll this week. As usual, the poll offers tremendous insight into public opinion about public schools and other education matters. First up: teacher unions. A…
An email from House Speaker Tim Moore lists "film credit expiration fix" among possible items for consideration in this week's session. If the idea is to get rid of the…
The newly released Senate budget would retain the Film and Entertainment Grant Fund, with a bit of a twist. As Carolina Journal reported, the budget would make $15 million of the…
Jay Cost writes at National Review Online that it’s time for conservatives to take a concerted stand against crony capitalism, subsidies, corporate welfare, and other targeted giveaways. Conservatives are the…
Gene Epstein of Barron’s explains in his latest “Economic Beat” column why economists who touted the potential benefits of the Affordable Care Act ought to have recanted their support once…
Those of you who enjoyed Sara Burrows’ recent Carolina Journal Online report about North Carolina “water wars” can learn more about the topic at 9 a.m, when Michael Sanera participates…
Tim Carney blows the whistle on the “rent an Eskimo” scam in this column. The more politicized a nation becomes, the more the corruption replaces honest production and exchange.
Jon, To extend the literary allusions, I wonder which of the Woodhouse brothers is more likely to say: “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I…
Far too many people buy into the idea of saving North Carolina’s textile industry by imposing quotas and duties on imports allegedly dumped on the market by China. Circumventing the…
Last Friday’s column by Raleigh News & Observercolumnist Barry Saunders offers a compelling reminder that each of us has a responsibility to mentor kids and give back to our communities.…