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The Wall Street Journal reports on the strains Medicaid and government retirement obligations place on state and local budgets. The article quotes Dan Boyd, a senior research fellow at Rockefeller…
Katherine Timpf explains at National Review Online why the politicization of yoga leaves her unphased. Yoga is a culturally sensitive issue, apparently — it’s in the news yet again, thanks…
Yet another example of my theory that, for social-justice scholars hunting for new things to denounce, the only things left to denounce are nice things people enjoy. Such as yoga.
In this article, Michigan State University professor Joshua Cowen does a nice job of summarizing empirical research on voucher programs. Cowen writes, All of this is to say that when…
Elizabeth Harrington reports for the Washington Free Beacon on the U.S. Justice Department’s interest in some critics’ use of social media. The Department of Justice is concentrating on “far-right” groups…
View in your browser. Welcome As state education officials consider changes to the state testing program, they will have to balance the need for accountability with the desire for autonomy. …
Carl Cannon of Real Clear Politics uses the case of controversial professor Steven Salaita to probe problems associated with tenure on college campuses. Salaita is the former Virginia Tech English…
I was informed today that I am a reporter. It is my job to write the news, not make it. The conversation occurred because somebody, who has nothing to do…
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way has a story out on the legal situation surrounding the Catawabas’ bid to open a casino in Kings Mountain. Because of the local interest, here’s the…
The Senate is scheduled to vote today on a bill returning a great deal of financial self-governance to the voters. Senate Bill 129 passed the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday…
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Bypassing statewide bond referendums has cost North Carolina taxpayers an estimated $261 million…
…but it seems all they can get are bachelor’s degree recipients who either don’t have the right skills or think manufacturing jobs are beneath them. According to a fascinating article…