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Resolution to abolish US Dept of Ed on the move in NC House
An NC House committee advanced a resolution on June 2 urging Congress to abolish the US Department of Education and hand authority back to the states.
Opinion
Let’s build on Constitution Avenue
We now have a system in which many politicians, judges, and activists believe unless a right is specifically protected in the constitution, it doesn’t exist.
Opinion
Liberty’s second chance: NC Supreme Court to review forced-vaccination decision
The North Carolina Supreme Court has chosen to review this case, and the plaintiffs hope that this will finally bring about a just outcome and prevent this from ever happening again.
Opinion
The debt ceiling agreement revealed where the real power lies
Was there ever really any doubt? This is the question being asked now that President Biden has signed into law an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, brokered among leading Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill. According to politicians in Washington, no, there was never a doubt that they would eventually agree to raise the...
Opinion
States should lead on parental rights
A few weeks ago, three members of the North Carolina Senate — Amy Scott Galey of Alamance County, Lisa Barnes of Nash County, and Michael Lee of New Hanover County — filed a state Parents’ Bill of Rights to ensure that local schools respect parental authority to direct the education, development, and medical treatment of...
Opinion
Do we want a providing or a protecting government?
Today’s progressivism is a bore. The constant demand for more and more government spending places progressivism on a path toward destruction. Debt, inflation, and a diminished existence for the citizenry — that’s all the result of constant cries for more and more spending and government action. Shouldn’t we be asking more profound questions about what...
Opinion
Hold the line here at all costs
While the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals quickly issued a stay on the OSHA vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), the Biden administration insisted that companies ignore the stay and proceed with the mandate. No matter what the courts or the Biden administration do, we the people of NC must prevent the implementation of this mandate...
Opinion
Why we must relearn the separation of powers principle
The American founders were diligent students of history. We would be wise to check our arrogance and channel their knowledge about government and human nature. The separation of powers concept is an essential framework of our Constitution designed to prevent the tyranny of centralized power. Unfortunately, a concept that is already floundering because of lack...
Opinion
States are better governed
Even if Washington confiscated every dollar received by every American in excess of $500,000 a year, that would yield only $11.8 trillion in new revenue over the next decade — less than currently projected deficits.
Opinion
Boosting responsibility by turning off the spigot
State and local governments and spendthrift children could benefit from the same lesson.
Opinion
Judicial restraint can be disastrous
One of the roles of federal judges is to enforce constitutional provisions and limitations on power, even if that means actively striking down federal laws.
Opinion
Liberals should rediscover federalism
Bashing the Electoral College may be therapeutic for liberal Democrats. But if they want to respond to the 2016 election in an effective way, they should rediscover the virtues of federalism.
