Mitch Kokai

Christine Rosen of Commentary reviews mainstream media outlets’ quixotic attempt to sell Sen. Elizabeth Warren to the voting public. So favorable was the coverage of Warren in the early months of her campaign that supporters of Bernie Sanders felt shortchanged. The progressive magazine In These Times was so…

Helen Raleigh of the Federalist assesses one aspect of the private sector’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. As confirmed Wuhan coronavirus cases in the United States surpass 60,000, our nation is in war mode. Winning a war requires all hands on deck. It appears American businesses and innovators…

Gregory Weiner of the American Enterprise Institute warns against sacrificing important constitutional safeguards while addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Everything about the coronavirus crisis looks and feels like a war that is all the more unsettling because the enemy is invisible and immune to brute force. Yet amid all…

Mark Hemingway writes for Real Clear Politics about one interesting revelation from the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus crisis is a make-or-break moment for the American media. According to Wednesday’s Gallup poll on the coronavirus response, “Hospitals Rated Best, News Media Worst.” The survey shows that 44% of the…

John Trump and Kari Travis report for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. craft alcohol businesses struggling to stay open during the COVID-19 pandemic. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why government’s order to shelter in place is not sustainable.

The news of former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn’s death at age 72 reminded me of my one conversation with him in 2017. Coburn was in Raleigh at the time to tout the proposed Convention of States.

John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke issues the following statement in response to Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest COVID-19 executive order. It orders people across North Carolina to stay at home as of 5 p.m. Monday. Gov. Cooper has essentially shut down daily life for every North Carolinian. He’s using…

George Leef of the Martin Center focuses on one scholar’s assessment of the “breakdown” of American higher education. Professor John Ellis has served on college faculties since 1963 and is now an emeritus professor at the University of California-Santa Cruz. He has witnessed enormous changes in higher education over…