RALEIGH — Americans received a bit of good economic news heading into the July 4th holiday, in the form of the U.S. Department of Labor’s June jobs report. The unemployment rate fell to 11.1% from […]
Dr. Thomas Sowell has just published “Charter Schools and Their Enemies.” He presents actual test scores of students in traditional public schools and charter schools on New York State Education Department’s annual English Language Arts […]
Tuesday, June 30, was a great day for school choice across America, reverberating right here in North Carolina. In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Montana tax-credit scholarship program that helps students […]
President Donald Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore may be the most important and historic speech of his career. If he continues to echo and reinforce the message of this profound speech, he will become as […]
Every election year, politicians and their supporters claim, “This election could not be more important,” and make an extra effort to point out that, “The future of this country rests with how you decide to […]
Nearly four months into the coronavirus pandemic, the virus appears to be picking up steam. According to an analysis conducted by the Wall Street Journal, total cases over the last two weeks have been increasing […]
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) took the lead in crafting the Senate’s police reform bill, because, as he told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), he understands in a way no other Senate Republican can what […]
The existence of a democracy is dependent on an informed citizenry. Modern democracies have become even more reflective of public thinking due to advances in opinion polling, nearly instantaneous communications and a better-educated public. But, […]
Dr. Thomas Sowell has been both a friend and a colleague of mine for over a half-century. On June 30, he will have completed his 90th year of life, and I want to highlight some […]
In all the years I taught college English, I had only one experience that unnerved me. It happened Aug. 27, 2003, the first day of class for my American Lit survey, which included an introduction to […]
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