by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 13, 2023 | Politics |
GOP legislators have introduced a bill that would transfer full control of public education to the evangelical community. This is not the banner under which they’ve brandished the legislation; their marketing consists, as usual, of pablum referring to...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 6, 2023 | Politics |
The already-creamy composition of elite American education is about to become blindingly white. This transmogrification of a sorry status quo is the consequence of yet another regressive Supreme Court decision, issued last week in a case involving UNC-Chapel Hill,...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 30, 2023 | Politics |
Cynical critic of the John Locke Foundation though I long have been, even I found a recent Carolina Journal piece to be shocking. “What’s behind the new push to end teen marriage?” it mused. I didn’t want to read the piece, presuming, without...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 27, 2023 | Politics
Last weekend members of Mark Hutton’s family gathered from across the continent and even the Atlantic to commemorate the Charlotte businessman, father of three, husband for 32 years, and my uncle. Mark had passed away the weekend before after a fierce two-year...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 26, 2023 | Editor's Blog, Polling |
A poll released yesterday showed Joe Biden leading Donald Trump by four points, 49% to 45%, despite an approval rating that has Biden underwater by ten points. The poll also noted that voters who “somewhat disapprove” of Biden still supported him by a margin of 51% to...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 21, 2023 | Politics
What’s striking about the republican legislative agenda is how much of it is completely gratuitous. Consider, for example, their recent ban on socially conscious state investing. This gesture has nothing to do with economic return, and it will complicate the job...
