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David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online on disturbing recent comments from the judge in North Carolina’s Leandro school-funding lawsuit. A new CJ Opinion explains why a legal setback doesn’t mean the end of the road for a doctor challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law. Terry Stoops’ CJ…

Writing at realclearpolicy.com, Locke President Donald Bryson makes the critical point that sound fiscal decisions matter. He points to North Carolina as the model for other states in being able to weather the COVID-19 pandemic without cutting core services or raising taxes, as other states are doing. Ours really…

Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center interviews the state community college system’s president, Thomas Stith. What are your top priorities for your first year as NCCCS president? A couple of things come to mind, first and foremost to make sure I’m clearly articulating my vision for the North Carolina…

The North Carolina Supreme Court has handed down a fascinating decision in a case of egregious bullying of autistic kids who attended a public school in Pitt County. On Friday, a unanimous court ruled that schools can be sued for their failure to stop harassment. Chief Justice Paul Newby…

Frank Liberato writes at the American Thinker about negative long-term impacts from today’s political and cultural fights. Many of us older than half a century no longer recognize the country we grew up in. We have a hard time reconciling that past America with what we see happening…

Charmaine Yoest, Jack Spencer, John Malcolm, and James Carafano detail at the Daily Signal principles that can help Americans counteract President Biden’s misguided policies. Americans are woke. They woke up and realized President Joe Biden is no moderate. He is spearheading the most radical policies in modern…

David Harsanyi writes at Real Clear Politics about the Democrats’ dubious approach to the U.S. Senate’s filibuster. When West Virginia’s Joe Manchin closed the door on eliminating the legislative filibuster this week, promising not to “weaken or eliminate” the 60-vote threshold, he “dashed” the “dreams” of Democrats, according…

Jonathon Mosely asks in an American Thinker column how much science is involved in the debate over climate change. “Trust science, not the scientists.” That is the essence of science. That should be widely shared. Unfortunately, climate change advocates have completed the twisting of science (although this was…