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Socialism as the world’s worst idea
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online ponders the lingering appeal of a destructive political program. Almost a decade ago, I wrote a little book called The Politically Incorrect Guide to…
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Forbes battles a common economic misperception
The latest issue of Forbes magazine features Steve Forbes‘ rebuttal of a dangerous misconception about the way an economy works. ONE OF THE MOST pernicious ideas polluting economic understanding–and policymaking–is…
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Controversial WSFCS board appt.
Following ‘rancorous’ discussion and debate, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners appointed ‘conservative homemaker’ Irene May to the Winston-Salem-Forsyth County Board Education. May will fill the seat formerly held by…
Elections & Public Integrity
A new history book from Regnery Publishing
Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation by Chris DeRose From the publisher: Intense political partisanship, crushing national debt, citizens losing…
Health Care
Want to prop up a terrible law? Use an awful precedent
In a split 2-1 decision, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld ObamaCare’s individual mandate, using Wickard v. Filburn to buttress its decision. Why is this significant? The…
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This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Thousands of high school seniors across North Carolina will turn their attention soon to college decisions. As they do, they?ll want to avoid pitfalls that could set them up for…
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Yes, it’s tooth fairy economics
Tom Woods, author of the new book Meltdown (Regnery Publishing) contends here that the Obama economic program is tooth fairy economics. He refutes the Keynesian argument that during a recession,…
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A good political history lesson
Those interested in recent political history might enjoy Alfred S. Regnery’s new book, Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism (Threshold, 2008). Regnery covers both the politics and the intellectual debates…
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Politically incorrect constitutional guide
We all know the United States is governed by the rules set out in the Constitution. Or is it? Today’s North Carolina History Project Headliner speaker ? Kevin Gutzman ?…
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A constitutional debate
If U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia’s recent North Carolina speech piqued your interest in “originalism,” you’ll likely enjoy a new book on the topic. Steven Calabresi’s Originalism: A…
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Duke lax ‘fiasco’ featured in new economics book
The arguments in the recent book Freakonomics are so flawed that economist John Lott responded with Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don’t (Regnery, 2007). One…
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What’s constitutional about constitutional law?
If you’ve ever wondered what “emanations of penumbras,” “evolving standards,” and the “sweet mysteries of life” have to do with the supreme law of the land, you’ll probably enjoy Kevin…