We are living in an unprecedented time in American history. Never before have we had so many social issues or ills. From gun violence, teen pregnancy, incarceration, drug abuse, and the list goes on and on. As you read this, you are adding problems to the list yourself. If you just stop and think about...
“The day the music died.” I thought about that song a lot last year. The music didn’t die then, exactly, but rather faded like that final guitar riff, the one before the band waves and turns its collective back on the crowd, who stay hoping the lights don’t come on. Not yet, they plead. One...
One of the nation’s leading financial watchdogs says North Carolina has fared better than most states in terms of balancing its budget, but the picture isn’t all rosy as the state has an average debt burden of $1,400 per taxpayer. In its annual report, Chicago-based Truth in Accounting ranks North Carolina 14th in the U.S....
Spiritous liquor is still in short supply in ABC stores across the state, and supply still isn’t keeping up with demand. Republican lawmakers say things are getting even worse. Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Henderson, and other members of the N.C. House Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee spent more than two hours Wednesday, Sept. 29, trying to determine...
Brian Balfour, senior vice president of research at the John Locke Foundation, discusses the history of Critical Race Theory. Learn more here: “Critical Race Theory primer.”
COVID-19 cases in North Carolina may actually be decreasing, even as media hysteria and local mask mandates rage on. Cases, based on the seven-day rolling average, says Jon Sanders, appear to be dropping, considering rates in North Carolina and neighboring states. Sanders is a senior fellow in regulatory studies and research editor at the John...
The N.C. Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service under the office of Gov. Roy Cooper has agreed to a settlement with the federal government after an investigation alleged falsified timecards and compliance documents for grants from the federal AmeriCorps program. AmeriCorps is a federal volunteer grant program established in 1993 to connect and fund students...
Terrance Merriweather, deputy commissioner of the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, will oversee daily operations of the agency until the governor appoints a new chairman. The former chairman, A.D. Zander Guy Jr., resigned last week. The ABC confirmed the resignation but offered no additional information. Merriweather will conduct daily business and take any needed emergency...
ABC chairman A.D. Zander Guy Jr. has resigned as chairman of the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. ABC spokesman Jeff Strickland confirmed the resignation to Carolina Journal on Monday, Sept. 20. He offered no additional information. Gov. Roy Cooper, who appointed Guy as chairman in March 2017, will name a replacement. Guy’s resignation comes amid...
[Editor’s note: This is part three of a three-part series from Joshua Peters on the discussion of race and the teaching of American history. Part one is available here and part two can be found here.] One may feel that we have reached the end of the analysis as we have demonstrated who is responsible...
Some Democrats say no one is teaching the proscribed concepts in House Bill 324. Others say the bill would prevent teaching about important parts of America's past. Both criticisms cannot be true at the same time.
