Mitch Kokai

A case involving partisan gerrymandering has grabbed the headlines, but the U.S. Supreme Court already has ruled this month against the state of North Carolina in a different dispute. Specifically, a unanimous high court ruled that the N.C. Department of Revenue was wrong to assess $1.3 million in income…

George Leef writes for the Martin Center about the implications of a recent court case involving Oberlin University. Another way for college officials to get their schools into trouble is to engage in political conduct that is meant to inflict damage on guest speakers or people in the community.

Susan Ferrechio of the Washington Examiner reports on the congressional Democrats who don’t want to proceed with impeachment of President Trump. While a few dozen House Democrats are clamoring to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump, a faction of party moderates are quietly dampening the enthusiasm for trying…

Todd Shepherd of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a recent demonstration of a disturbing food stamp loophole. A Minnesota man applied for and then received government food stamps for well over a year, even though he is a millionaire, in an effort to prove his belief that the…

Dan McLaughlin writes for National Review Online about a challenge linked to Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden’s past. The bedrock of Biden’s support is African-American voters, among whom he led Sanders 50–10 in mid June in a national Economist/YouGov poll, and 50–13 in an early-June battleground-state CBS/YouGov poll,…

Andrew McCarthy of National Review Online explains his support for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling involving dual sovereignty. We are living in a low-crime era of suspicion against vigorous law enforcement (i.e., the law enforcement that gave us the low-crime era after decades of record crime). We are…

A merger between Aetna and CVS could expand retail health care options in North Carolina and across the country. Meanwhile, a tool called Medibid is helping to connect doctors and patients through online auctions. Jordan Roberts discusses these health care innovations during the next edition of Carolina…

Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on U.S. Senate legislation that would make it easier for people to sue Big Tech companies over political bias. Roy Cordato’s Daily Journal focuses on flag burning and free speech.