On August 4, Missouri became the latest state where voters chose to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, approving the measure in a ballot referendum conducted concurrently with the ... Keep Reading
Gov. Roy Cooper
Newspaper: School reopening plans highlight political split
Gov. Roy Cooper has settled on Plan B for the reopening of public schools across North Carolina. The plan effectively ends all fully in-person class attendance for most schools ... Keep Reading
Do-Nothing Cooper begs federal government for handouts
Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday sent a letter to North Carolina's Congressional delegates asking the federal government for more financial help. In the letter, Cooper ... Keep Reading
Cooper’s hostility over 2nd Amendment continues to grow
Probably no inherent right is protected less than the Second Amendment in this nation today. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has made this point repeatedly as a member of the ... Keep Reading
NCAE: Are days of playing nice with Gov. Cooper over?
The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE), the largest teachers union in the state and one of Governor Cooper’s largest and most powerful allies is angry. Last night ... Keep Reading
On school announcement, Gov. Cooper kicks the can down the road
In delaying a long-awaited July 1 announcement on plans for how schools could re-open on August 17, Governor Cooper shocked 115 local school districts and the parents of 1.5 ... Keep Reading
Campaign promises and corporate giveaways
Roy Cooper has a chance to keep a campaign promise. Let’s see if he does. On the evening of June 25, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed House Bill 1080 —Revenue ... Keep Reading
Police and criminal justice reform should be measured to avoid return to high crime era
In the wake of George Floyd’s death, most Americans agree that some reforms are needed for police departments and criminal sentencing laws. Some libertarian or right-leaning ... Keep Reading
Why conservatives must vigorously denounce the mobs
The conservative writer and philosopher Russell Kirk routinely stressed the importance of ordered liberty in his writings. Kirk offers up this great line in an essay on the ... Keep Reading
Why the government must protect the right to private property
“The prime element in the value of any property is the knowledge that its peaceful enjoyment will be publicly defended." —Calvin Coolidge Property rights are an ancient idea but ... Keep Reading
