News
Pornographic books found in NC schools spark calls for legislative action
NC Values is calling on the General Assembly to take action during the short session to address pornographic content in school libraries.
Opinion
Battling against activism in school ‘Battle of the Books’ selections
Should activism be promoted in classrooms? Most of the general population would say, no, it does NOT belong. But the actions of outside organizations with powerful influence on education are worrisome to parents across the state. The question becomes, how do we stop it? There is a statewide competition for public schools in North Carolina called the...
Opinion
The madness of our ideological age
Julien Benda’s classic work, “Treason of the Intellectuals,” appeared on the scene in 1927 but now speaks presciently to those of us living a century later. Benda complained that intellectuals, theretofore neutral on issues of politics when speaking ex-cathedra, began favoring one side over the other and being led to embrace only those truths allowed by their...
Opinion
The tragedy of ignorance
Librarians often hide behind the argument that libraries must represent “all constituencies” in the community. This is disingenuous.
Opinion
Mark Robinson and Wake County libraries agree on book removal
“Gender Queer” is a controversial book written by Maia Kobabe and published in 2019. The book was recently removed from Wake County Public Libraries upon a formal review by staff. The review was prompted by a complaint about the book due to its explicit illustrations of sexual acts. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson had strongly criticized...
Opinion
Reading from left to…left
At one time, if you were to reach for a shortcut to all things American, you might reach for Mom, Apple Pie, the Flag, all caps because they represented some almost sacrosanct ideals. In some cases, you might even throw in Libraries, because nothing said freedom like the ability to walk into a public library...
Opinion
Mark Twain and Andrew Breitbart ponder curated resentment theory
If you raft on the river of popular culture, then you can hardly do better than to hire Mark Twain and Andrew Breitbart as your guides. One man lived long enough to become the elder statesman of American letters by 1910, and the other died young in 2012, but both of them paid sharp attention...
Opinion
The books conservatives should read and own
In the introduction to “Paul Revere’s Ride” by the historian David Hackett Fischer, he notes that “The only creature less fashionable in academia than the stereotypical ‘dead white male,’ is the dead white male on horseback.” It was an almost amusing line when Fischer wrote it in the mid-1990s, but now the lack of appreciation...
Podcast
Beach Reading For The Liberty-Minded Tar Heel
George Leef on liberty-focused books for summer reading; Jim Geraghty on importance of N.C.'s Senate race; state senators discuss red-light camera programs; Daniel Alexander on faith-based efforts to help job-seekers; Rick Henderson on irregularities found in Tarboro audit.
Opinion
Is the Academic Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full?
Among anecdotes of "academe's increasingly unapologetic ideological tilt," North Carolina has produced some worthy examples of true education.
