North Carolina school board race results are a strong reminder that, despite the reopening of schools and loosening of pandemic restrictions, the parent revolt continues in the state. Parents across many North Carolina counties feel unheard, that their choices within schools are infringed upon, and, most importantly, that students’ basic educational needs are not being...
I’ve been on the redistricting beat a long time. Back in the early 1990s, I wrote numerous articles criticizing the collaboration among Republican and NAACP activists to maximize the number of black-majority districts. After the egregious Democratic gerrymander of 2001, I cheered on the lawsuit that ultimately became the Stephenson v. Bartlett case, which overturned...
As North Carolina legislators enter the 2023 session in January, they may consider policies to address health care costs. But as we’ve often seen, “solutions” that rely on government intervention are often misguided, resulting in price controls and overregulation, which distort the medical marketplace. Free market competition, not government interference, is the best solution to...
The seven justices agreed unanimously in just one of 27 cases decided on Dec. 16.
It was like a reenactment of a great Napoleonic battle. Arranged on the hundred-foot stage at one end were 4-to-5 year olds, dressed as angels, facing their classmates dressed as manger animals on the other. On a line down the middle, facing the audience, were the three wise men paired up with the manger animals; and...
One of the ironies of the holiday calendar is that Christmas follows closely after Thanksgiving. Many of the Pilgrims and Puritans who helped make Thanksgiving an American tradition were appalled by and opposed to the celebration of Christmas. One of my ancestors, the pioneering Connecticut publisher John Tully, made a big stink about the issue...
The holiday season is here, and many families and caregivers across North Carolina are planning festive activities to engage kids while they are home from school this month. Reading is a great way to spend quality time together, making memories and building holiday traditions while also improving children’s literacy skills. One of the main indicators...
