Opinion
Trace elements of journalism
Recent examples show journalists' unwillingness to stick to the profession's basic principles.
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Ex-FBI agent Stuber draws parallels between Clinton, Edwards cases
Republican state auditor candidate and former FBI special agent Chuck Stuber says he was puzzled that the agency’s investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s private email server did not follow standard protocol on several fronts, though he said FBI Director James Comey may have performed a “stroke of genius” by releasing publicly details of...
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Burr, Tillis Sign Letter Attacking Obama Stance on H.B. 2
States, parents, and communities — not the federal government — should be allowed to decide which bathrooms and locker rooms transgendered students should use, North Carolina U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis — along with 23 other Republican senators — stated on Thursday in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and U.S. Secretary of...
Opinion
Discriminating Between Sound, Unsound Statements
Those who see "no room" for discrimination "of any kind" fail to see that they practice discrimination every day in many ways.
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N.C. Republicans Condemn Federal Bathroom Edict
Gov. Pat McCrory, General Assembly leadership, and Republican congressional members condemned the letter from Obama’s Departments of Education and Justice threatening local school districts with possible loss of federal funding if they don’t conform to federal rules regarding transgender students and school bathrooms. McCrory said the federal edict affects “employees as well as every parent...
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McCrory Sues Justice Department; DOJ Responds In Kind
Gov. Pat McCrory sued U.S. and Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday, and within hours she countersued him, placing the state at the epicenter of the Obama administration’s national transgender rights agenda. McCrory is seeking an injunction and federal court order declaring North Carolina is not discriminating against the transgender community with its House Bill...
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Duke Scholars Examine Impact of Scalia’s Passing
President Obama’s decision to nominate a replacement for the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia might define his legacy, will further polarize partisan electoral politics, and could swing the direction of the court and the Senate, Duke University academics say. John Aldrich and David Rohde, professors of political science, and Neil Siegel, professor of...
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Federal Probe Urged Of U.S. Attorney’s Office
RALEIGH — Citing reporting from Carolina Journal, the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys has asked U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to launch a formal investigation into the handling by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Raleigh of the prosecution of gang leader and contract killer Reynaldo Calderon. NAAUSA President Steven Cook told CJ, "We had a legal and ethical obligation to report this."
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Friday Interview: Uniting ‘Conservatarians’ Around Common Goals
RALEIGH — Conservatives and libertarians often serve as allies in public policy debates, but they tend to diverge on some hot-button issues. Charles C.W. Cooke, writer for National Review, hopes the two camps can find more common ground in the future. He sets out one potential course in his book The Conservatarian Manifesto. Cooke explained key themes from the book during a recent speech for the John Locke Foundation. He also offered details during a conversation with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
Opinion
Cut Your Electric Bill: Repeal the Mandate!
A bill moving through the General Assembly would block higher electricity costs that are being imposed on North Carolinians for no good reason.
Opinion
Rethinking A Misguided Mandate
North Carolina and its citizens reap no benefits from a costly scheme to prop up inefficient forms of renewable energy.
Opinion
North Carolina Has An Individual Mandate
In some ways, the renewable energy mandate in Senate Bill 3 is worse than ObamaCare.
