Archive: Daily Journal

• Federal bailout will punish our state

  In the aftermath of the Great Recession, we learned it was both unfair and dangerous to let bankers take big risks backed by promises of bailouts. That same lesson applies to state and local politicians.

  by John Hood
• Three things Raleigh parents don’t want to miss for the next school year 

  A simple conversation with a neighbor about school options could transform their child’s life.

  by Andrew R. Campanella
• Two critical reforms to N.C.’s Emergency Management Act 

   Looking into January, state legislative sessions will begin across the nation. For many states, a critical focus point will be on the emergency powers those states’ governments have exercised in the wake of COVID-19.  North Carolina is no exception. Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID…

  by Donald Bryson
• North Carolina veteran is symbolic of good people facing political intimidation

  Politics should never be so central to our lives that we feel justified in muzzling the opposition.

  by Ray Nothstine
• COVID immunity is too far off

  North Carolina’s vaccination pace is low by national standards. As of January 18, our state had administered only 33% of doses received — the second-lowest rate in the U.S.

  by John Hood
• Shifting N.C. Supreme Court lineup could have impact on campus transparency

  The U.S. Supreme Court's unwillingness to take up a public records case from North Carolina means a closely split state court decision stands.

  by Mitch Kokai
• Protect the right to be wrong

  Although you may care and worry about me as a person, it does you no harm if I have a wrong idea, do a foolish thing, or hire an incompetent doctor. You can even learn from my mistakes.

  by John Hood
• Radical changes coming to North Carolina’s social studies standards 

  In February, the N.C. State Board of Education is expected to approve new academic standards for all public school social studies courses. The new standards represent an extreme departure from those approved in the past, and parents may begin to notice changes in their child’s social studies…

  by Dr. Terry Stoops
• Strongest argument for school choice expansion is collapse of civics, not COVID

  If parents want to send their child or children to a school that will champion and not scoff at America’s founding principles, there is no legitimate reason a bureaucratic system should halt it.

  by Ray Nothstine
• Competing schools serve families well

  When public schools must compete to attract and retain students, their offerings generally get better, as do the outcomes for their students.

  by John Hood