A panel of education experts weighed in on the perils posed by Critical Race Theory and radical gender theories during a discussion at the Carolina Liberty Conference. The panel discussion, held Saturday, Feb. 26, highlighted the growing culture war over how American history and civics are taught and how children as young as pre-school age...
The Heritage Foundation’s 2022 “Index of Economic Freedom” puts the United States at a record low ranking, falling from 20th in 2021 to 25th this year out of 177 countries ranked. “The decline of American economic freedom is serious cause for alarm, and has real and tangible consequences for all Americans, especially low-income families and...
Following President Biden’s proposal to increase the minimum wage nationally to $15 an hour, a handful of Democrats in the N.C. legislature have introduced a bill that would set that same earnings benchmark for noncertified public school employees. Rep. Terence Everitt, D-Wake, introduced House Bill 5 that would make the change effective July 1. On...
A new study projects that thanks to federal tax reform, North Carolinians will see an average increase in take-home pay over the coming decade of $18,287 across all households and $31,608 for married couples with two kids.
Jim DeMint, former Republican U.S. senator from South Carolina and former Heritage Foundation president, is visiting Raleigh to urge N.C. legislators to support the Convention of States. DeMint explained his endorsement of the idea during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
There are really three Republican parties at the moment, which is about two and a half more than the number of effective Democratic parties.
John Hood on policies that lead to economic growth; Amity Shlaes on learning from Calvin Coolidge; Rick Henderson on why Thomas Sowell's writing is relevant today; John Blundell on legacy of Margaret Thatcher; Roy Cordato on next steps in tax reform
Rick Henderson on legal fate of Perdue donors; Ilya Somin on why we devote more time to choosing a car than a president; Jim DeMint on his Heritage Foundation work; Sougata Mukherjee on N.C.'s business climate; JLF's Terry Stoops explains the Common Core
I am more than a little envious – and frustrated – about the fact that the United States is no longer rated as one of the world’s freest countries.
In today’s Friday interview the John Locke Foundation’s Mitch Kokai talks to Heritage Foundation President Edwin Feulner about his new book Getting America Right: The True Conservative Values Our Nation Needs Today. The interview aired on Carolina Journal Radio (click here to find the station near you).
