Years before he announced it officially, Attorney General Roy Cooper's nascent campaign for governor was the worst-kept secret in North Carolina politics. The Democrat's open criticism of the... Read More
North Carolina’s fledgling virtual charter schools are recording staggeringly high withdrawal rates in their opening months. Now public education advocates are asking what happens to the public... Read More
Rosanell Eaton, 94, has been a registered voter for more than 70 years. As a black woman growing up in the Jim Crow South, she had to read the preamble of the U.S. Constitution in order to register to... Read More
Almost exactly 15 year ago, I wrote an education reform plan for the John Locke Foundation entitled “Reach for the STARS.” I argued that low levels of proficiency in reading and math, particularly... Read More
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, January 24, 2016. We’ve frequently heard bleating about how Congress passes bills that lawmakers reportedly never read. The Affordable Care Act. The USA Patriot... Read More
Recently, Franklin Graham announced that he was going on a 50-state tour to call on evangelicals to go to the polls and vote for “godly leaders.” And while he promised not to endorse any... Read More
Another sales tax? That’s what we hear is rolled into a proposed tax bill that state lawmakers may consider in the short session coming up in April. The latest tax would apply to any museum shop... Read More
Regardless of whether you think the National Endowment for the Arts is a wonderful organization deserving taxpayer support or an example of the federal government exceeding its proper bounds, I’m... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 23, 2016. In the ugly and never-ending incentives competition, we couldn’t be happier that Virginia beat us on landing a manufacturing project that turned... Read More
Few stories should bother us more than the ones where public officials spend tax money for questionable expenses when that money should be used instead to educate children or provide other worthwhile... Read More
