Sailing in Carolina in the summer: nothing like it in the world. But I’m not talking about a sense of freedom one enjoys in the salty sea air. I’m talking about liberty, which one is endowed with by Almighty God. There is a strong current of freedom moving through the Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal plains...
Federal appellate judges have chastised the District Court judge overseeing a voter ID lawsuit for "abuse" of her discretion.
I support transgender athletes right to gender identify as they see fit; however, competitive sport is one of the few places in society where sex differences matter. For this reason, transgender males should not compete on women’s teams. It isn’t fair to women athletes, and it completely undoes much of the progress achieved through Title...
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have legitimate grievances against the Democrat-controlled State Board of Elections. The latter has abused its power in overtly partisan ways in recent years, most egregiously by striking a collusive settlement with Democratic attorney Marc Elias and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein in 2020 to change our election procedures in direct...
Car break ins, theft, assaults, and even murders are on the rise across North Carolina. The number of North Carolina youth charged with committing violent crimes in 2022 — such as robberies, homicides, and shootings — rose 9% to 990 individuals. Youth violence had been on the decline since the 1980’s, but nationally have seen...
President Joe Biden visited North Carolina’s Fort Liberty last Friday, the largest military base, not only in the nation, but in the world. He spoke with troops only a week after the base had its name changed from Fort Bragg, which had been a controversial name because Braxton Bragg had been a Confederate general and...
Talk to almost any North Carolinian on the street under the age of 65, no matter their political leaning, and they are likely to agree that there should be an unequivocal end to the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (also known as the ABC system, or simply the ABC). Most North Carolinians believe all...
The impending decision of Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina may end or curtail affirmative action. But, in addition to this question of whether or not the practice is constitutional, we should also be asking ourselves whether or not it even works. When originally conceived, as part of Executive Order 11246 issued...
