New national bird?
Arcane N.C. ABC caters to college kids, problems drinkers, and the poor
The roots of the N.C. ABC extend to Prohibition, the unintended consequences of which shattered the country. The Alcoholic Beverage Control system, as designed, was meant to control the sale and consumption of liquor. It has done anything but. Rather, this antique system has enabled problem drinkers, even catering to alcoholics needing a large quantity...
Cawthorn’s handlers got it wrong
A broad swath of voters from the center-left to the center-right view Congress as a circus of ponderous pachyderms, braying jackasses, and clueless clowns.
Second grader suspended 36 times for mask violation and other outrageous stories
This is segment two of outrageous stories that caught my attention this week. We’ll try and make this mostly a weekly update here at Carolina Journal. Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges today so I suspect there will be plenty of left-wing outrage pertaining to the verdict in the near future. If interested,...
The Virginia elections should show us the power of the mama bears – a force not to be ignored
Parents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed this right. Yet, education elites have been on a collision course with parental rights, exhibiting that they are intent on using public schools as a laboratory for social experiments like critical race theory,...
Is it time to break up marine fisheries?
It was a warm late spring afternoon in 1968 when Faye Nelson, my seventh-grade teacher, decided to take an impromptu, after lunch, field trip to the Carteret County Courthouse. It was a short walk from Beaufort Central Middle School, down Queen Street and then a right on Cedar, with 25 pre-delinquents in tow. I am...
Another energy plan
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Kyle Rittenhouse and our long tradition of self-defense
In the Western tradition, self-defense is fully understood as an inherent right that governments can’t rescind.
No spin zone
Madison Cawthorn begins campaign in new district by insulting voters
When Congressman Madison Cawthorn confirmed through a video that he would change congressional districts, he began by telling Republican voters in the 13th Congressional District that they could not make a wise selection for Congress without him. “I have every confidence in the world that regardless of where I run, the 14th Congressional District will...