Impact Newsletter

Residents of Orange County – where the controversy over potential merger of its two school districts and the resulting tax increase to some residents is driving the race for county…

You know the election is looming when pundits and bloggers start fussing about a possible draft under a second term of George W. Bush. But Raleigh talk show host Captain…

In her review of No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning, linked on the national web site, townhall.com, Karen Palasek writes that while the book is a great look…

When the North Carolina News Network decided to dig into a new report on climate change by the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the reporter turned to Roy…

Chad Adams has been spending a lot of his time on Amendment One, but this week he visited Scotland County to address a group of concerned citizens about the county’s…

This week’s Shaftesbury Society luncheon featured two members of the National Association of Scholars commenting on the results of their analysis of the general education requirements at University of North…

Viewers of NBC 17’s weeknight newscasts over the last three weeks have gotten a lesson in county government as part of a special election series featuring “At Issue” co-hosts Donna…

You’d think The Wall Street Journal would understand supply and demand, but evidently not, based on a recent story with this headline: “Demand for Oil Could One Day Outstrip Supply.”…

In his review of The War Against Excellence, George Leef concludes the book “is bound to increase the number of parents who bail out of government schooling.” What information revealed…

Tune in to State Government Radio in Raleigh (570 AM) and you’ll hear CJ stories and policy issues of importance to JLF during “Carolina Journal Report,” which airs Monday and…