This week, Ray and Brooke make early (and likely very premature) 2020 electoral predictions for the presidency, making moderately compelling, but highly unscientific, cases for ... Keep Reading
Archives for June 2020
The Only Safe Means of Voting is Hand-Marked Paper Ballots
This op-ed originally appeared in Real Clear Policy on June 4. Since then, problems with ballot marking devices in Georgia's June 9 primary further demonstrated the need for a ... Keep Reading
N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley makes dangerous comments attacking entire state judicial system
Many people rightly associate Lady Justice with being blindfolded, a simple symbol that speaks to fairness and equality. Similarly, the scales of justice sit evenly in her hand. In ... Keep Reading
State elections board is planning for the wrong election and potentially endangering voters
The State Board of Elections is preparing for 30% to 40% rate of mail-in voting this fall. The available data indicates that the actual figure will be much lower. Significant ... Keep Reading
Parents fret as Gov. Cooper’s school announcement provides zero clarity on back to school plans
In the classic 1978 coming of age movie Grease, at least beauty school dropout Frenchy had her guardian “Teen Angel” to tell her what it would be like to return to Rydell High ... Keep Reading
“Cut to the bone”? State budget has grown four times as fast as population since 1989
North Carolina’s state budget has nearly quadrupled in size in the last 30 years The budget grew more than four times as fast as population Irresponsible state legislators ... Keep Reading
Civil unrest, a time for compassion, and the role of government
This week, Ray and Brooke discuss the heavy-hearted moment we are in as a state and nation. There are several essential, core functions of government: protecting life, liberty, and ... Keep Reading
Want to help the public schools? Help families with children in private schools
It will be a fall unlike any in our lifetime. North Carolina must learn to live with a pandemic and its aftermath. Many questions hang over the reopening of schools this fall. One ... Keep Reading
Heartbreak for North Carolina delegates as Cooper’s unbending virus rules force RNC 2020 Convention to abandon Charlotte
As vice-chair of the Mecklenburg County Republican Party, Sarah Reidy-Jones did not want to leave anything to chance. She had been pitching Charlotte’s case to host the Republican ... Keep Reading
Riots, looting, and virus send North Carolina gun sales skyrocketing
After two days of riots across North Carolina, when Ed Nicely arrived to open Ed’s Gun Shop in the Moore County town of Vass there was already a line stretching into his parking ... Keep Reading