Opinion
Judge worries case could prompt candidates to shield their views
A recent N.C. Court of Appeals ruling prompts one judge to warn against threats to free speech and open debate.
Opinion
Electoral College has little to do with race, slavery
Given the result of the 2016 presidential election, it’s not surprising Democrats are talking a lot about the Electoral College as the 2020 campaign gets under way. A number of their candidates want it abolished. Race has become a central feature of the debate. Prominent scholars on the left assert the Electoral College was established to safeguard and propagate...
Opinion
Don’t overlook races for sheriff
The outcomes of some supposedly higher-profile party primaries or general elections might actually be affected by differences in turnout between counties with competitive sheriff races and counties without them.
Opinion
PARODY: Perdue Calls For Cancellation of 2016 Elections
Former Gov. Beverly Perdue, a Democrat, has been working privately with members of the state’s Republican General Assembly majority to cancel the 2016 elections, Carolina Journal has learned. It’s a revival of an idea Perdue first mentioned four years ago, as her single term as governor wound down. “I got a lot of grief...
Opinion
Elections And A Kind Heart
A recent political campaign sheds light on factors that will shape 2016 races.
Opinion
Flashback: The Small State Tradition
The presidential-primary system is absurd. It’s way too early. It’s out of balance, and unfair to large swaths of American states.
Opinion
Ideas Matter. So Do Candidates and Campaigns
You can advance principles of freedom and self-government by recruiting the right candidates and giving them the proper support.
Opinion
One of the Most Important Ways to Exercise Your Rights
The federal constitution protects the right to vote; that right originates from the states.
Opinion
One of the Most Important Ways to Exercise Your Rights
We have the right to vote and a duty to cast an informed vote.
Opinion
They Call It The Streak
If Pat McCrory is elected governor of North Carolina, that will violate the “rule” that politicians from the Charlotte area can’t win statewide elections.
Opinion
Good Reads on Political Prediction
I never bought the “economic data explains all” theory of politics. And now there is even more reason to be skeptical, thanks to a new analysis of presidential predictions.
Opinion
You Can Make a Difference
Whether you welcome or detest recent legislative outcomes in Raleigh and Washington, you should see them as evidence of the fact that political action matters.
