Politicians and newsmakers have lately developed a penchant for the words “libel,” “slander,” and “defamation.” Oftentimes these words, salient and distinct, are used carelessly and ignorantly. Writers and irresponsible journalists have in fact lurched off course — accidentally or deliberately — and sometimes — after…
North Carolina is now spending hundreds of millions of dollars more a year than it used to building, expanding, resurfacing, and maintaining our highways — and the results are evident.
North Carolina ranks among the nation's top 10 states for fiscal health. Its governor earns an F grade for fiscal policies. Those two facts are compatible.
North Carolina ranks 12th in the quality of its elementary and secondary schools, and 6th in the nation in the efficiency of the dollars it spends on education.
In 2015, Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and Jonathan Haidt, professor of ethical leadership at New York University, wrote an article for The Atlantic entitled “The Coddling of the American Mind.” In that article, the authors argued that students increasingly react to words, books,…
I’m a huge fan of free markets, limited government, and the promotion of individual liberty. Except when one’s perceived individual liberty infringes on mine because he or she fails to follow rules set by a participant in the free market. I refer to…
In the 12 midterm elections since 1970, the party not controlling the White House has gained an average of 11 seats in the North Carolina legislature.
Policymakers must sift through good and bad ideas for preparing North Carolina ahead of the next natural disaster.
Many public policies conservatives advocated for decades — such as sound budgeting, tax relief, regulatory reform, and school choice — are no longer just aspirations.
The U.S. Department of Education is poised to replace Obama-era regulations on for-profit colleges and universities with more broad-based transparency measures. On Aug. 10, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos revealed her plan to fully repeal the “gainful employment” regulations that required for-profit colleges to publish information on their graduates’ student…
