Liberty
Iran’s actions hurt the world’s poor
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online explores the impact of Iran’s recent military actions. [A] whole bunch of people around the world are going to starve to death because of…
Thailand
country in Southeast Asia
Liberty
Warning about the blue state model’s failures
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online highlights an interesting conversation from left-of-center thinkers. You’ve probably heard of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. You may not have heard of Nicholas Bagley, the former…
Elections & Public Integrity
Prepared Public Comment in Favor of a Citizen-Only Voting Constitutional Amendment
Below is my prepared public comment before the North Carolina House Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform Committee on June 5, 2024, in support of House Bill 1074, Constitutional Amendment/Citizens-Only…
Liberty
Senate Defies Biden on Chinese Solar Panel Tariffs
Collin Anderson writes for the Washington Free Beacon about one instance in which the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate is standing up to a Democratic president. The Senate on Wednesday voted to…
Research Brief
Elections & Public Integrity
North Carolina Constitution: Repeal the Literacy Test and Add Citizen-Only Voting
The literacy test should be removed from the North Carolina Constitution. A requirement that only citizens may vote should be added to the North Carolina Constitution. The General Assembly should…
Research Brief
Elections & Public Integrity
Only American Citizens Should Be Allowed to Vote in North Carolina Elections
There is a growing movement in the United States to allow noncitizens to vote in American elections. The North Carolina State Constitution currently allows noncitizens to vote while it fails…
Liberty
Prime Minister of Draconian Australia Contracts COVID
Jess Lawson writes for the Blue State Conservative about one of the most interesting recent cases of COVID. The tyranny we’ve seen inflicted in the name of COVID on citizens…
Liberty
The Twelve Days of Mask Mess: Day 7
This study specifically cautions against some aspects of mask-wearing inherent in the extents of Cooper's orders.
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Does Cooper’s own research justify his extreme orders? Part 2
The question is this: Does this research offer a slam-dunk case justifying Cooper's extreme emergency orders? This series will examine and discuss each study provided by the Cooper administration and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
CJ reports: Audit finds TransPark finances open to corruption; former director running for Congress
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal: A scathing report from N.C. State Auditor Beth Wood released Wednesday, April 24, found the accounting methods used by the N.C. Global TransPark Authority…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Trump, Harley, and American trade tiffs
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online sides with Harley-Davidson in its confrontation with the Trump administration over plans to build more Harleys overseas. Harley-Davidson, like the Pilgrims, finds itself at…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina’s economy on the world stage, 2015
This post is a follow-up to an earlier post, looking at how North Carolina’s GDP compares on the world stage if NC — and the other U.S. states — were independent…