Liberty
Sasse Squares Off With College ‘Adolescents’
Editors at National Review Online consider former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse’s challenging new role. “Our kids simply don’t know what an adult is anymore — or how to become one,”…
Same-sex marriage
marriage of persons of the same sex
Education
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship school vouchers have a “positive, large, and statistically significant” impact for low-income students. That’s according to a new report from N.C. State University researchers. Terry Stoops…
Law & Public Safety
N.C. magistrate’s fate attracts national attention
Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon highlights the bill for N.C. taxpayers resulting from a recent dispute over magistrates and same-sex marriage. A federal judge ruled that North Carolina…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
It’s rare for a school Parent-Teacher Association to get involved in politics. That’s why Terry Stoops paid attention when a Wake County PTA entered the political debate over N.C. elementary…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Having Their Cake…and Punishing Bakers Too
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case that will determine whether Colorado and other states can compel…
Liberty
Fighting for the First Amendment, not against gay marriage
David Harsanyi of the Federalist chides media outlets for misstating the nature of a case heading to the U.S. Supreme Court. This week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the…
Liberty
National Review columnist laments the latest encroachment on free speech
David French writes at National Review Online about what he describes as the potential slow death of free speech. “[H]ostile environment harassment claims aren’t always (or even usually) this easy…
Liberty
Tearer Downers: Even home improvement shows have to preach leftist politics or else
Somehow it was decided that Chip and Joanna Gaines, the delightfully wholesome couple behind the very popular “Fixer Upper” show on HGTV, must be attacked for politics. Why? They’re not political.…
Law & Public Safety
Federal judge upholds N.C. magistrate law
A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit challenging the N.C. law that allows magistrates to opt out of performing marriage ceremonies if they hold religious objections to same-sex marriage. Judge…
Liberty
Re: Roy Cooper and HB2
Following up on CJ editor Rick Henderson’s earlier post linking to an L.A. Times op-ed discussing Attorney General and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper’s refusal to defend HB2. It’s a…
Liberty
Not Holding My Breath
CNN reports that: A court in central China on Wednesday ruled against a gay couple in the country’s first same-sex marriage lawsuit, dealing a blow to a nascent but increasingly…
Law & Public Safety
A great question for prospective Supreme Court nominees
Trevor Burrus offers a simple — but important — question that each prospective nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court should be forced to answer. The Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” highlights…