Research Brief
Regulation
Helping Society Return to Civil Debate
Is there a return to civility in our future? Our political culture seems to be getting increasingly more toxic. This path, if we stay on it, has a bloody end,…
Debate
Elections & Public Integrity
Fiorina and the debates
Caitlin Huey-Burns argues in a Real Clear Politics column that Carly Fiorina needs another standout performance in the next GOP presidential debate. The Republican primary debates have served as fuel…
Liberty
This Must Have Implications for Prison Reform
Yesterday, the Guardian reported that: Months after winning a national title, Harvard’s debate team has fallen to a group of New York prison inmates. The showdown took place at the…
Liberty
When you can’t win a debate …
… you might try to shut it down. “There will be no debate” serves as one of The Atlantic‘s ideas of the year. Hanna Rosin explains. Want to avoid a…
Elections & Public Integrity
How Kay Hagan handled reporters after Thursday’s debate
More here, from CJ’s Dan Way.
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Matthew Milliken profiles for Carolina Journal Online the race for North Carolina superintendent of public instruction. John Hood’s Daily Journal analyzes the first round of presidential and gubernatorial debates.
Liberty
Now This Will Be Awesome: Karl Rove To Debate Robert Gibbs
I can’t wait. Veteran presidential advisers Karl Rove and Robert Gibbs will square off in a foreign policy debate at Duke University’s Page Auditorium Oct. 22 at 5 p.m. The…
Education
New at CJO: Stossel, Dean debate at UNC-CH focuses on government’s proper role
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online about a recent UNC-Chapel Hill debate on government’s proper role that pitted libertarian television host and author John Stossel against former Vermont governor…
Liberty
Redistricting Committee Discusses Calendar, Debate Ensues
The Joint Committee on Redistricting met today to discuss the upcoming calendar for redrawing district lines. For the first time in years, the Republican majority has the power to decide…
Liberty
Will Krugman block a $100,000 food bank donation?
Libertarian Robert Murphy of the Ludwig von Mises Institute wants to debate Nobel laureate Paul Krugman about the merits of Keynesian stimulus ideas. Murphy supporters have amped up the pressure…
Liberty
What to do on Wednesday night?
Two events of note tomorrow night. JLF and the Triangle Federalist Society will host CATO legal scholar Roger Pilon. The event will be held at the new campus of Campbell…
Liberty
Monday Morning Grab Bag O Fun
It is August. Daamn. Christmas decorations in the stores any minute, I can feel it. In other news: Jim DeMint makes the connection between Cash for Clunkers and government run…