History repeats itself, but with slight variations. The high-rise jeans of today’s Tik Tok teens hit different than the stiff acid-washed denim from the 1980s, but they elicit déjà vu nonetheless. Likewise, the global pandemic of today is a somewhat different monster than the one that ravaged the world more…
Using physical coercion to suppress ideas you dislike is wrong, whether the perpetrators be public authorities or private mobs, while speaking against those ideas, and choosing not to associate with their purveyors, is fine. What lies between these two poles?…
Swings of six percentage points or so between August and Election Day are entirely in keeping with the actual behavior of North Carolina’s electorate.
President Trump signed a number of executive orders to circumvent a congressional impasse over another round of government relief and stimulus. Yuval Levin and Adam C. White provide a detailed critique of this return to Obama-era policymaking without regard to the constitutional issues. Their critique does…
What if North Carolina doesn’t end up getting as much federal relief as expected for state and local government? What if it has lots of strings attached?…
In addition to being immoral, discrimination is foolishly self-destructive. It keeps companies from hiring the best people and serving the most customers. It throttles innovation. It makes us poorer.
A save-the-system-not-the-student mentality is at the center of the “left-leaning” N.C. Association of Educators’ lawsuit to thrust a dagger into the heart of our state’s school choice options. “Vouchers for private schools are an affront to a state that has a long and…
There is no shortage of useful ideas for improving the quality of policing. But if we end up reducing the quantity of policing, our cities will be less safe.
To compete effectively for statewide office or control of the General Assembly over time, Republicans will have regain their footing in major metropolitan areas.
North Carolina’s public spaces are underpopulated with monuments to our rich history of fascinating stories, momentous events, and inspiring leaders. These tales need telling, including with public art.
