A new book argues that Marxists have taken over American public schools. An education reformer doubts anyone could take them over.
North Carolina’s sizzling visitor economy continues to be a top economic driver for the state and, judging by several new legislative conversations in the General Assembly, the impacts of this burgeoning economy are being heard loud and clear on Jones Street. Among the many sectors within the visitor economy, few if any are as topical...
Last month, North Carolina entered into an agreement with the Danish Energy Agency to further the state’s plans on implementing offshore energy generation to its energy portfolio. As stated in Gov. Cooper’s Executive Order 80 and the state’s Clean Energy Plan, the implementation of offshore wind farms has been deemed necessary for the state to...
In North Carolina, Medicaid expansion is a foregone conclusion. The General Assembly approved the necessary legislation. Gov. Roy Cooper signed it. While expansion is contingent on the passage of a state budget, no one doubts that’ll happen. So, the governor finally secured his highest legislative priority. Republican leaders got a few reforms of the certificate-of-need...
As former varsity athletes at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, we knowwhat it takes to compete. We applaud efforts in the North Carolina legislature to support equal athletic opportunity by preserving single-sex competition for female athletes. In the world of competitive sport, single-sex categories are the only way to achieve equality for women...
Three bills affecting higher education are moving slowly through the North Carolina legislature. The bills are a reaction to the widespread perception that higher education has been taken over by an anti-American ideology that undermines its purpose. Students emerge from college notoriously ignorant of basic facts and convinced that the United States is an evil force....
North Carolina is generally seen as a purple state, maybe with a small red lean. And because of that, the government is often divided, with the legislature, Supreme Court, Governor’s Mansion, and other major offices split between parties. This has meant that neither side has been able to completely shut the other out of major...
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade. Much has been said in the aftermath. But how can you tell if you are hearing or seeing propaganda instead of reasoned debate or analysis? 1. If there is no mention of the child at all, not even mention of a “fetus” or...
