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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.

CJ Staff
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Wide-Ranging 7th District Debate Invokes Faith and Politics

SMITHFIELD — At a Thursday night debate in Johnston County, 7th Congressional District candidates Libertarian Wesley Casteen, Republican David Rouzer, and Democrat Jonathan Barfield laid out their stances on issues ranging from term limits, minimum wage increases, and tax reform to immigration, education, and Obamacare. Not surprisingly, their views did not converge.

Dan Way

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N.C. Ranks 26th In High School Grad Rankings Nationally

RALEIGH — Educators and education policy analysts say that figure means more today than it has before. That’s because nearly all the states have adopted the cohort graduation rate — the percentage of students who graduate within four years. The rate is adjusted to account for population shifts, as well as to account for students who transfer from school to school.

Barry Smith
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Superintendent Candidates Articulate Sharp Contrasts at Forum

RALEIGH — There was no disguising harsh sentiments between candidates for state superintendent of public instruction at a public forum in Raleigh Monday night when incumbent Democrat June Atkinson and Republican challenger John Tedesco clashed over a 90-minute span.

Dan Way
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Hillsdale College Resists Accreditation Organization

RALEIGH — Hillsdale College recognized that meeting NCATE’s standards would be costly for a school of its size, with 1,300 students in total. And while officials of the school had not been happy with the state’s requirements, they considered going to national accreditation would make matters worse.

Jane Shaw
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