Opinion
UNC’s Latest Summer Reading Stumble
UNC-CH faculty members have announced another sorry choice for a freshmen reading assignment -- proving once again that they don't understand what all the fuss was about.
Opinion
My New Affirmative-Action Grading Policy
First published in Clarion Call, Weekly Higher Education Newsletter of the John Locke Foundation, this story is hitting the airwaves on Rush Limbaugh and tonight on the O'Reilly Factor.
Opinion
My New Affirmative-Action Grading Policy
Dear UNC-Wilmington Students: For years, my well-known opposition to affirmative action has been a source of great controversy across our campus, particularly among UNCW faculty. Many have assumed that my position on this topic has been a function of personal prejudice or "insensitivity" to the needs of various "disenfranchised" groups on campus and in society in general. In reality, my opposition to affirmative action has been based on personal experience.
Opinion
Learning the Constitutional Ropes
The legislature gets one constitutional issue right -- but a court rejects previous legislation that favored in-state wineries.
Opinion
Striking a Welcome Blow for Property Rights
The NC House has tentatively passed a bill to protect property owners against local governments that seek to remove their buildings or signs without compensating them. It's a welcome application of constitutional principle.
Opinion
Tourists, It Tolls for Thee
A legislative panel has come up with a good idea -- charging tolls for ferry trips. Probably won't last the week.
Opinion
Do I Really Look Like a Terrorist?
A day trip to Washington yields three separate searches and the realization of a "Spinal Tap" moment.
Opinion
At the Risk of Beating a Dead Horse . . .
John Kerry's gaffe about "regime change" continues to make the political rounds -- with John Edwards a prime beneficiary.
Opinion
John Edwards’s Pretty Good Week
The North Carolina Democrat's presidential campaign exhibited signs of a rebound this week with good fundraising numbers and John Kerry's self-destruction.
Opinion
Why Women in Combat?
Carolina Journal's Summer Hood writes about the horrific brutality that is the rape of a female soldier, and why advocates of women in combat seem to ignore it.
Opinion
States Have Only Themselves to Blame
Some North Carolina politicians are joining their national counterparts in asking for a federal bailout of state budgets. This would be a colossal mistake.
Opinion
“Lord of the Rings” & Other Political Fantasies
What "The Lord of the Rings," "Harry Potter," and other works of fantasy have to say about war, economics, and political philosophy.
