Climate change is real. Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities such as power generation and transportation are a causal factor. Because the net effects of climate change are likely to be harmful, governments should enact prudent policy responses. So stipulated. Now, let me tell you why those responses won’t include stiff carbon taxes or...
One positive emerging out of the politicization of classrooms is the awakening of parents to their rights and responsibilities in educating their children. Truthfully, in many families, too much instruction has been outsourced to the state without much thought. Pandemic lockdowns changed all that. Learning loss altered the status quo trajectory. Further evidence of politicized...
As we head towards the primary, campaign finance reports showing how the candidates did in the first three months of the year are now being posted. Here is a rundown of some of the most closely-watched races. U.S. Senate After a week of difficult polling news showing him trailing Congressman Ted Budd, former Governor Pat...
With only six weeks till North Carolina’s primary election, legislative and congressional candidates have been working on getting as much attention to their campaign as possible to represent their party this November. While not being North Carolina’s toss-up congressional districts, few races have gotten as much attention as North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. Much of...
Editor’s note: This book review by Jon Sanders first appeared at the American Institute for Economic Research. “Jen realized she had never experienced this before — profound cognitive dissonance.” A moment of crisis strikes the title character of George Leef’s new novel, “The Awakening of Jennifer Van Arsdale”(Bombardier Books, 2022). How will Jen handle it? Does she...
The N.C. Supreme Court recently ordered a new trial for a man convicted in a 26-year-old murder case. The circumstances of the court’s split decision raise concerns for Republican justices. They accuse Democratic colleagues of lowering the bar for convicted criminals seeking retrial based on “new” evidence. A lower standard could lead more prisoners to...
A couple of weeks ago, comedian Bill Maher, host of Real Time on HBO, had New York Times columnist David Leonhardt and Duke University professor Nancy MacLean as panelists to discuss current events in America. During the first panel discussion segment, Maher engaged the panel to opine on the Republican Party advancing concerns about primary...
When Morgan Reaves heard his sister Elizabeth chattering about the man she saw playing around atop Chimney Rock, he had plenty of reasons not to believe her. People just didn’t go climbing such steep cliffs, not in 1806 and certainly not for simple recreation. Morgan knew there wasn’t anything worth collecting on the small summit...
In granting a new trial for a convicted murderer, the court's four Democrats opened the door for more legal mischief.
Wake County Democrats held a virtual forum recently for candidates vying for the right to represent Democrats in North Carolina’s most competitive congressional district. The newly court drawn 13th, includes southern Wake County, all of Johnston County and parts of Harnett and Wayne Counties. Approximately 34% of Wake County is in the new 13th, which...
