Even discounting the impact of the Great Recession and the devastating COVID-19 business shutdowns like those imposed by Gov. Roy Cooper, it is startling to see the trend among 20-somethings,…
Christine Rosen uses her regular Commentary column to delve into the dubious nature of the modern-day focus on “self-care.” Self-care is less an organized industry than it is an emerging…
Are your children learning in school that if mommy and daddy work, they ought not eat so much as a fistful of rice until all the poor children have all…
This is an inspirational story about the trials of a young man from Afghanistan who faced incredible obstacles head-on, never complaining, never waiting for others to help him. In fact,…
Gov. Pat McCrory heard a lot of requests for help from local officials on Wednesday when he met with the North Carolina League of Municipalities. The organization had 500 members…
When John Locke Foundation Policy Analyst Michael Lowrey touted “flex growth” this week as a smarter alternative for North Carolina governments than “smart growth,” WSOC Television responded with an interview…
Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online that record-high graduation rates for North Carolina public schools might not reflect better student achievement. Julie Gilstrap’s Daily Journal probes the value of…
Last week, I wrote an article entitled “The Sad History of Freshman Reading,” which detailed recent summer readings at NC schools. It turns out that summer reading hasn’t always had…
One would think the languishing economy would re-energize the independent spirit and self-reliance of the American people. After all, the current path of massive and ever-expanding government programs and entitlements…
The answer is yes. What it takes is persistent effort, as evidenced by this story. Hat tip: Doug French
For a definition of the headline above, read the chapter on self-reliance in Feulner & Wilson’s Getting America Right. For entertainment value alone, you’ll want to peruse the bizarre transcript…
I?m afraid that I may have been victimized by former business associates over the past decade that didn?t pay me a minimum wage. You see, in the first few years…