Category Archives: History

Duke Cheston reports for Carolina Journal Online on community colleges’ efforts to improve their remedial course results. Troy Kickler’s Daily Journal explores the history of street and park names in downtown Raleigh.

Known primarily for his statement that “the chief business of the American people is business,” and for saying little else, Calvin “Silent Cal” Coolidge has escaped much of the scrutiny that many of his presidential predecessors and successors have enjoyed. But that situation is changing. Regular readers in this forum have encountered numerous references toContinue Reading

Gov. Pat McCrory has promised major reform of North Carolina’s Medicaid program. John Hood evaluates McCrory’s reform proposals during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio. Becki Gray discusses recent development in the debate over ending North Carolina’s renewable energy mandate, and Americans for Prosperity president Tim Phillips explains why his group is pumping $500,000Continue Reading

Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online on the N.C. Senate’s tax reform proposals. John Hood’s Daily Journal explores North Carolina milestones that mark significant anniversaries in 2013.

More than 20 years after she left the top office in British government, the late former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher continues to exercise an important influence over the conduct of British — and Western — policy. Thatcher biographer John Blundell, former director general at the Institute of Economic Affairs and current visiting fellow at theContinue Reading

It’s no secret now that NASA astronaut Rich Clifford had Parkinson’s Disease during his last Space Shuttle mission in 1996. But the fact was secret at the time, and Clifford is telling the story of his disease and its influence on his space career in a forthcoming documentary titled “The Astronaut’s Secret.” Clifford previewed theContinue Reading

Jonah Goldberg devotes his latest column to the longstanding practice of left-leaning partisans — going at least as far back as FDR — to link extreme violence to conservative politics. Over the last few years, the invariably unjustified rush to pin violence on the “right-wing” — particularly the tea partiers — has reached the pointContinue Reading

State lawmakers are pursuing various forms of education reform. Terry Stoops analyzes their proposals during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio. Jon Ham dissects media bias in coverage of several recent national controversies, while John Hood discusses the long-term impact for Charlotte of North Carolina’s 19th-century gold rush. You’ll hear Sen. Thom Goolsby, R-NewContinue Reading