Librarians often hide behind the argument that libraries must represent “all constituencies” in the community. This is disingenuous.
Applications for some 20,000 private school scholarships designed for low- and middle-income families opened this week for the 2022-23 school year, launching what promises to be another robust year of growth for school choice in the Tar Heel State. The Opportunity Scholarship Program, in existence since 2013, enables North Carolina families of moderate means to...
A failure of duty caused by lack of planning, coordination, and communication left hundreds of Americans and tens of thousands of allies in Afghanistan after a botched withdrawal from the country in August 2021, a new Senate report says. The U.S. will have to deal with the fallout of this failure for years to come,...
The left thrives on division, and shouts of 'privilege' are too often weaponized to shut down debate and discussion.
COVID will be with us always, in one form or another. That realization, based on evidence and, yes, science, isn’t news. Yet finally, politicians and health experts are admitting as much. What took them so long, because something tells me they, too, knew long ago that COVID would not simply disappear? “‘We’ve understood we’re not...
As the Biden administration and Congress struggle with plummeting approval numbers, a battle is being waged in North Carolina and other states over who will control the drawing of congressional districts. The 2022 elections could turn the balance of power to Republicans in Congress. The latest Cygnal poll shows 51% of likely voters surveyed said...
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the politics of conducting Olympic competition in China. King offered these comments during the Jan. 28, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
State Auditor Beth Wood’s office found that Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Smith benefitted from using confidential town information in her real estate company’s purchase of a former police station site in 2018 and has referred the matter to the local district attorney. In the report released Wednesday, Jan. 26, the office said it received...
Americans have little appetite for a potential war with Russia, a recent poll by Rasmussen Reports finds. The new national telephone and online survey, released Wednesday, Jan. 26, finds that only 31% of likely American voters think that, if Russia attacks Ukraine, U.S. combat troops should be sent to help, Rasmussen says. Of the respondents,...
Support for the Opportunity Scholarship Program stands at 61%, according to a new Civitas Poll of likely voters presented by the John Locke Foundation. The results dropped during National School Choice Week 2022, an annual nationwide celebration of educational options for all students. The results were released during a virtual poll luncheon Jan. 27. The...
Two out of three Americans can’t pass the U.S. Citizenship test. Dean Graziano, vice president of education at Izzit.org, discusses with Mitch Kokai a new video series designed to help people learn more about the fundamental elements of American government. Learn more: Civicsfundamentals.org.
