Opinion
Thanksgiving in the trying times
“We should bow in gratitude to God for His many favors,” wrote Calvin Coolidge in his 1925 Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Opinion
Infrastructure bill did us no favors
Most of the benefits of roads, bridges, transit, broadband, and water systems accrue to those who make use of those systems on a regular basis.
Opinion
Thankful: Why families and students are grateful for new NC budget
Friday, Nov. 18 will go down as an important day in our state’s recent history. That is the day when the Republican-led General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper came to terms on a state budget for the new biennium. It’s a state budget that propels our state one step forward in funding students rather than...
Opinion
Bombshell in state Supreme Court should raise concerns about spending control
An attorney accuses the N.C. attorney general of reaching into the state treasury for funds.
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Schools aren’t so bad
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New national bird?
Opinion
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...
Opinion
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.
Opinion
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,...
Opinion
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,...
Opinion
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...
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