Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Regulation
Government regulations typically restrict people’s behaviors and choices– causing economic damage, especially to society’s vulnerable who can least afford to comply. Locke works to deregulate and support innovation and growth.
Liberty
‘Bureaucracy is the very essence of the State’
"We all have our stories of bureaucratic indifference; and now during Covid, indifference has become cruel."
Health Care
The CDC changed its definitions of “vaccine” and “vaccination” and keeps changing its definition of “fully vaccinated”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently changed their definitions for "vaccine" and "vaccination."
Regulation
Yet Again, Progressive Policy Makes Things Worse
Determined to strike out on my own after college, I quickly realized that my eyes were bigger than my paycheck when it came to finding a place to rent. For…
Liberty
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending November 15
This past week about 99.8% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and about eight out of nine (88.6%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Regulation
Parental Licensing: Is It Just a Fringe Concern?
Stella Morabito writes at the Federalist about an idea most of us would consider absurd. But perhaps it’s less absurd now than it was a couple of decades ago. Parents…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Biden’s Banking Regulator Holds Troubling Views
Chuck Ross of the Washington Free Beacon reports objectionable ideas that have emerged from President Biden’s nominee to regulate American banks. President Joe Biden’s pick to regulate the banking system…
Regulation
Searching For the Vaccine Mandate End Game
Dr. Brian Joondeph uses an American Thinker column to ponder the ultimate goal of vaccine mandates. Once upon a time President Joe Biden was against vaccine mandates. As president-elect in…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Remington Firearms Moving from New York to Georgia
*Image via Remington website In a sign of the times, the iconic gunmaker announced the decision on Monday. From the AP report: Gun maker Remington Firearms will move its headquarters…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
How Much Damage to Our Coastal Communities and Ecology For a Biden/Cooper ‘Win’ on Wind?
In 2020, citing risks to the state's coastal economy and ecology, Gov. Cooper got Pres. Trump to add North Carolina to his offshore energy leasing moratorium, finding out later it…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Truckers Warn About Negative Impact of Vaccine Mandate
Zachary Halaschak writes for the Washington Examiner about an important warning from American truckers. Truck drivers fear that President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate will further exacerbate the supply chain crisis…
Research Brief
Regulation
Civitas Partisan Index Measures the Partisan Leanings of New Legislative Districts
The Civitas Partisan Index (CPI) measures the partisan leanings of North Carolina state legislative districts. The CPI ratings indicated that Republicans start with a near-majority of safe and likely seats…
Research Brief
Regulation
Mathematicians Find that Republican Supermajorities Are Common with Nonpartisan Maps
A pair of Duke mathematicians analyzed 100,000 possible legislative redistricting maps using nonpartisan redistricting standards. They found that Republicans had an advantage in North Carolina districts drawn using nonpartisan criteria.…