1. Jan
    11

    Jim Martin’s surprising comments

    Posted in Education By Bob Luebke | Tagged , ,

    In a committee meeting earlier this week where school administrators updated Wake County School board members on a new law that gives a letter grade to each school and ends the practice of social promotion, board member Jim Martin called the new grading law “a bad idea”.  News accounts said Martin called the grading system [...]

  2. 2
    Jul
    18

    Arthur Brooks: Why Free Enterprise Is the Only Moral System

    Posted in Civitas Events, Economics By Jim Tynen | Tagged , , , ,

    This was live-blogged at the event: We’re getting ready for Arthur Brooks to speak.  The room is more or less at max occupancy. Thom Tillis; “I’m proud of what our legislature did.” He notes that some Democrats supported at least one veto override, and in one of the shortest sessions since 1970. Brooks did speak [...]