Average teacher pay critics need remedial math instruction

It's silly to say "many teachers earn less" than the average salary. It's true, of course, but many also earn more.

The progressive left’s tale of two states

Don’t like progressive-left policies? Then don’t go to North Carolina. “We’re going to flip it,” was the warning from one of the architects of Colorado’s “Blueprint” shortly before I left the Rocky Mountains for the warmer, friendlier confines of North Carolina in January 2020.  When Colorado’s professional left speaks, my experience is that we should...

Threat to democracy

States should lead on parental rights

A few weeks ago, three members of the North Carolina Senate — Amy Scott Galey of Alamance County, Lisa Barnes of Nash County, and Michael Lee of New Hanover County — filed a state Parents’ Bill of Rights to ensure that local schools respect parental authority to direct the education, development, and medical treatment of...

Gov Cooper should end duplicative and historically racist gun policies

One of the most discriminatory laws on North Carolina’s books is the pistol purchase permit system, which was first implemented in 1919.  To summarize, before purchasing a handgun in the Tar Heel state, one must first obtain permission from the local sheriff in the form of a pistol purchase permit. Frustratingly, the many who don’t...

Outrageous story of the week: Government again mandates we pretend it’s an hour in the future

Every year I have hope that whatever sane adults exist in positions of power will come together to ensure we never again have to deal with government-mandated clock shifting. But every year the disappointing “spring forward” arrives, as it did this week. There may not be a better example of the hubris of government than...