Opinion

Ruling could leave NC families at mercy of ‘woke’ private-school admins

Can parents sue a private school when the school expels their children merely because the parents asked questions about what is being taught and expressed concerns for their children’s health and safety? This is the question currently before the NC Court of Appeals.  Our two children were expelled from their private school, Charlotte Latin, by a...

Doug Turpin
Opinion

Closing the book on libraries?

It’s no secret that libraries — public, academic, special, and school — have taken a sharp left turn in recent years. As more and more young people have graduated with degrees in library science, the profession has taken on a far more radical, activist turn than ever before. This is hardly surprising, given that colleges...

Mark Herring
Opinion

Woke hubris will lead to backlash  

The “woke” movement — phenomenon, ideology, whatever it’s called — has gone too far, taking a hard left and then another sharp turn around the next corner.   Veering out of control.  To conservatives, libertarians, and even moderate thinkers, this is obvious. If the most irksome and unpleasant voices on the left — including Democrats at...

John Trump

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Opinion

The rise of the woke zealot and anti-truth

It is incredible to see claims like ‘men and women are biologically different’ and ‘the color of a person’s skin is irrelevant’ being challenged by the political left. It is astonishing that in the era of widespread information, we have regressed intellectually. Science is now being used to support our dogma and not challenge it....

Joshua Peters
Opinion

Are social justice surcharges creating red and blue restaurants?

How would you feel if they went out to dinner and a portion of the charge is hidden from the menu or website? That was my experience with Garland restaurant in downtown Raleigh. A 6% “living wage surcharge” was tacked on to my bill. Not only wasn’t the charge visible on the menu or website,...

Ray Nothstine
News

U.S. Supreme Court backs donor privacy rights

The U.S. Supreme Court backed donor privacy in a decision released Thursday, July 1.  The closely watched ruling was based on a case from California in which the state’s then-Attorney General Kamala Harris tried to require nonprofit organizations to disclose the identities of donors by requiring them to file an unredacted “Schedule B” with their...

Donna King