Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled against school prayer in 1962, a “Peanuts” cartoon featured Sally and Charlie Brown crawling behind a sofa where Sally spilled her secret: “We prayed in school today!” Today’s cartoonist […]
What constitutes a crime in North Carolina isn’t as obvious as you’d think, thanks to our confusing and ineffective criminal code. Sometimes our code lets the guilty walk free. Other times it ensnares a person, like […]
Over the past 78 years since World War II began in 1941, how many U.S. senators has North Carolina elected to send to Washington? Answer: 18. Go ahead. See you if can list them from memory: Bailey, Reynolds, Broughton, Hoey, Smith, Ervin, Scott, Jordan, Helms, Morgan, East, Sanford, Faircloth, Edwards, […]
When Nike abandoned plans to sell a Betsy Ross flag-themed tennis shoe after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick expressed objections, 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro was asked by to weigh in on the matter. Castro […]
In his first two years in office Governor Cooper held a press conference surrounded by his far-left supporters to announce his intention to veto the budget passed by the General Assembly. And this year, for […]
North Carolinians face enough obstacles accessing high-quality, affordable health care as it is without imposing additional cost burdens that discourage patients from seeking the treatments they need. As hospitals and health care providers continue the […]
July 4 around the globe is like any other day in any particular country. No fireworks. No parades. No cookouts. No memorial prayer services. Had John Adams had his way, the Fourth of July would be the same in America today. He […]
For months, Republican politicians warned that a humanitarian crisis was looming at the southern border. In turn, Democrats accused them of “manufacturing” the crisis for political purposes. But now those same Democrats are suddenly pointing fingers and […]
You can pretty much guarantee that year after year, teachers’ unions and their allies will make one claim: —Our public school teachers are not paid enough and our public schools are underfunded. It is happening […]
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering two cases pertaining to gerrymandering, and its rulings are eagerly awaited by those concerned about the practice. Many commentators take it as axiomatic that gerrymandering is an ongoing scandal, but how problematic is it? The case is not as straightforward as it may first […]
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