State Senate Leader Phil Berger has some questions about the news that MillerCoors is going to close its long-time facility in Eden, Rockingham County, laying off 520 people in the process. Last... Read More
Now that the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) has defied an audit mandated by state law, what happens next? We at the Civitas Institute and the Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) have... Read More
Listen closely, and you could hear the clink of toasts and gasps of excitement. So the atmosphere felt when state government finally handed Dix Hill over to the City of Raleigh. Securing that property... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 11, 2015. “That diabolical, hell-conceived principle of persecution rages among some …” — Future president James Madison, 1774. Donald Trump’s... Read More
The late Dr. James Montgomery Boice in his commentary on Christ’s Sermon on the Mount tells the story of a young boy from England walking along the streets of Harrow, who came upon an indigent man... Read More
While the athletic departments at UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. State University, and Appalachian State University prepare to collect extra revenue from the college football bowl games they’ll play, a... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 13, 2015. This is not a good place to be poor. In fact, Cumberland County is one of the worst places in the country for children born into poverty. They... Read More
However complicated you want to try to make it, the concept of free speech does not contain the right to shut other people up. Unfortunately, there is an entire movement of political activists right... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, December 10, 2015. Stable home environments where parents are educated and engaged with their pre-school children tend to produce kids who enter kindergarten ready... Read More
In March, the National Education Association (NEA) released their latest Rankings and Estimates report. Last school year, North Carolina's average teacher salary ranked 42nd in the nation and... Read More
