Do North Carolina Democrats have any ability anymore to engage in actual lawmaking? Do they even have that desire? North Carolina’s elected Democrats, specifically those in the legislature, appear to be caught flat-footed after the 2022 election. Republicans won all six statewide judicial races, shifting the lean of the N.C. Supreme Court from 4 to...
I feel like I missed something big over the last few years. It seems like, at some point, the education establishment sent out a memo saying, “Okay, everybody. Starting next semester, we will begin teaching every young elementary student about sexuality and gender identity. Everybody good with that? Great, carry on.” Or maybe a law passed...
The North Carolina General Assembly is bustling with activity. Lawmakers are considering a dramatic increase in parental control over the education of their children, major changes in school governance and the structure of state government, pro-consumer reforms of the state’s energy policies, an acceleration of pro-growth tax cuts, huge investments in public buildings and infrastructure,...
It turns out that the late communications scholar, Dr. Neil Postman, was spot on: We are entertaining ourselves to death. Lest you anticipate yet another conservative op-ed article bashing “the other side,” worry not — and, please, keep reading. I actually think it’s a matter of survival. Like the rest of our citizenry, we who...
The chief justice of North Carolina's Supreme court spells out his approach to the court's role in policy disputes.
North Carolina consistently ranks within the top 10 states for human trafficking. According to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) have also focused their operations in concentrated areas of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. According to a DEA report, eight counties in North Carolina serve as distribution centers for “powder cocaine,...
Does North Carolina’s governance system for public schools need a radical overhaul? That’s what some state lawmakers are proposing. Before explaining what they have in mind, I ought to remind you how our current system works. Fair warning, though: if you’re prone to severe headaches, you may want to skip the next few paragraphs. North...
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