A conservative boycott has cost Bud Light hundreds of millions of dollars But what is the final goal Bankrupting the brand or changing its behavior Dana White of UFC just signed a nine-figure deal with Anheuser Busch He joins Charlie to explain why he's made this partnership and to explore his success at running the world's fastest-growing sports league without folding to woke pressures Plus Stephen Moore reacts to the Biden government's Pravda-esque celebration of fake economic growth Support the show http www charliekirk com supportSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Our special Thanksgiving program and also a special monologue regarding my op-ed in the Washington Times See Text Below Happy Thanksgiving Peter Rosenberger HopefortheCaregiver com Resentment can lead even the best of hearts into poor judgment malice and even self-destruction While life provides ample opportunities to hold a grudge the resistance to do so remains a triumph of the human soul Sadly that triumph can be elusive - and seems to be the plight of the th President From barbed comments against those in his party and the pulpit-pounding of outrage Trump's resentment oozes through each insult since the election [... more]

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This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Lyman Stone to discuss his new report Births are Back Did Government Stimulus Fuel a Baby Boomlet Stone shares how U S fertility rates had been declining for over a decade with a steep drop during but things seem to be turning around in [... more]

State senators have elected Republican Phil Berger to a fifth consecutive term as the Senate's top officer The state House has elected Republican Tim Moore to a third term as House speaker Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief discusses the potential impact of these leadership elections on the next two years of state legislative action including relations with Democratic Gov Roy Cooper Some governments use selective taxes to fund public pension liabilities This creates potential problems as professor Thad Calabrese of New York University documents in the recent book For Your Own Good Calabrese outlined the potential problems during a recent [... more]

North Carolina's individual and corporate income tax rates dropped again on Jan The personal income tax rate now stands at percent down more than percent from the top marginal rate of percent that it was in effect in North Carolina's percent corporate tax rate is the lowest rate of any states that assess a tax on corporations' income Becki Gray John Locke Foundation senior vice president assesses the significance of the latest tax rate cuts Negative partisanship plays a significant role in our current political debates That's a problem for Jonah Goldberg American Enterprise Institute scholar and National Review senior [... more]

The U S economy has posted impressive gains recently Both President Trump and former President Barack Obama are claiming credit Roy Cordato the John Locke Foundation's senior economist puts the competing claims to the test A Winston-Salem surgeon is taking North Carolina state government to court because of a law that blocks him from purchasing an MRI scanner Dr Gajendra Singh says the scanner would help him provide a valuable service to his patients at a reasonable cost North Carolina's certificate-of-need law blocks Singh from making the purchase Singh and his attorney Josh Windham of the Institute for Justice explain [... more]

Pro-growth policies have helped boost North Carolina's economy in recent years From tax reform to regulatory reform to government spending restraint policymakers have taken steps to help boost North Carolina's competitiveness Becki Gray John Locke Foundation senior vice president highlights evidence of the state's recent economic successes A process called civil asset forfeiture allows law enforcement agencies to seize private property from people who have been convicted of no crimes It's the type of property-rights abuse the Washington D C -based Institute for Justice fights across the country During a recent visit to North Carolina IJ President and General Counsel [... more]

North Carolina government could help improve health care in the state by reforming the existing system of graduate medical education That's a recommendation from Katherine Restrepo the John Locke Foundation's director of health care policy Restrepo explains GME's important role and suggests ideas for helpful changes When you think of concepts linked to the U S Constitution corruption might not be the first one that comes to mind But professor Frank Buckley of George Mason University argues in his latest book that the Constitution was designed as an anti-corruption tool Buckley shares key themes from Republic of Virtue and discusses [... more]

State lawmakers interested in improving access to health care in North Carolina should consider relaxing restrictions on nurse practitioners That's a recommendation from Katherine Restrepo John Locke Foundation director of health care policy Restrepo explains how so-called scope-of-practice reform could play an important role in boosting rural health care Private property rights play a critical role in a free society The U S Constitution focuses attention on protecting those rights Ilya Somin professor of law at George Mason University discussed the Constitution's property rights protections during a recent speech at N C State University Somin shares themes from that presentation [... more]

Feb marks the opening date for applications involving two school choice programs in North Carolina Parents can apply for the Opportunity Scholarship Program which provides funding for low-income families to send their children to private schools Parents also can apply for the new Education Savings Account program It provides funding to help defray other education costs for students in low-income families Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research explains the role of both programs in promoting parental school choice Nearly state regulations help slow North Carolina's economic growth James Broughel research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George [... more]

Two years after the final resolution of a long-running court fight between a North Carolina family and state government over ownership of property near Hammocks Beach State Park there's a footnote a new master plan for the park's expansion Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson reminds listeners about the newspaper's role in bringing the story to light He also discusses former Gov Pat McCrory's role in resolving the dispute to ensure the state paid the family for its property Conservatives can feel marginalized on a college campus That's especially true for conservative women But a group called the Network of Enlightened [... more]

Experts fear that poorly designed government policies could make a bad situation worse when it comes to North Carolina's opioid epidemic Carolina Journal's latest cover story highlights the experts' concerns Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson shares details from the CJ report Free trade has taken a hit in recent public policy debates Bryan Riley senior analyst in trade policy at the Heritage Foundation explains why free trade continues to play an important role in American economic growth Riley rebuts dubious claims about the negative impact of trade One of the most popular statistics in debates about public education is per-pupil expenditure PPE [... more]

As N C state government continues to consider policies that benefit the solar energy industry residents of one Beaufort County community are fighting a proposed -acre solar facility planned near a local school Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief explains why people in Terra Ceia are raising concerns about the project North Carolina lawmakers have been debating proposed changes in laws limiting the freedom of craft brewers to distribute their own products It's an issue that has attracted attention from Christopher Koopman senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University Koopman explains why state restrictions on craft breweries [... more]

The income tax filing deadline is approaching and it's a good time to remind ourselves of major changes North Carolina has made in recent years to the state's personal income tax Becki Gray John Locke Foundation senior vice president recaps recent reforms and discusses additional changes that are under discussion now in the state Legislative Building Ask a dozen different pundits and you might get a dozen different answers about whether the American economy is heading toward prosperity or peril Robert Whaples professor of economics at Wake Forest University co-edited a recent book assessing the national economy's -year outlook Whaples [... more]

Now that Barack Obama has left the White House congressional Republicans can make a serious effort to repeal and replace his namesake health care law Katherine Restrepo the John Locke Foundation's director of health care policy analyzes key elements of the GOP health care reform proposals Donald Trump's presidential election win could lead to major shifts in the future of the U S Supreme Court Campbell University Law School professor Greg Wallace assesses Trump's likely impact on the nation's highest court especially with an initial appointment to replace conservative icon Antonin Scalia North Carolina's senior U S senator Richard Burr [... more]

Nearly a month after Election Day Republican Gov Pat McCrory's concession confirmed that Democrat Roy Cooper would assume office as North Carolina's new governor in January Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson recounts some of the questions about the election process and looks ahead to Cooper's challenge of working with a General Assembly dominated by Republicans No one bats an eye when we trade money for food or clothing The situation changes if we talk about spending money to buy or sell a kidney Georgetown University professor Jason Brennan argues in the book Markets Without Limits that kidney sales should be [... more]

Republican Donald Trump shocked many political observers by winning the presidential race including North Carolina's electoral votes Republican incumbent Richard Burr withstood a hard campaign from Democratic challenger Deborah Ross to win a third term as North Carolina's senior U S senator Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson analyzes the significance of these election results and what they say about the N C electorate You'll also hear highlights from Burr's election-night victory speech and Ross' concession speech Seven months after arriving in Chapel Hill University of North Carolina system president Margaret Spellings used her official installation ceremony to make a plea [... more]

Teachers who left North Carolina public school classrooms in the past year were on average less effective than those who stayed That's one of the key findings of a newly redesigned report on teacher attrition prepared by the N C Department of Public Instruction Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation director of research and education studies analyzes the changes and explains why they might prove helpful in assessing links between state public policy and teachers' willingness to work in the Tar Heel State Education reformers have made great strides in North Carolina in recent years They have scrapped the state's public [... more]

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Lucy Dadayan senior policy analyst for the Rockefeller Institute for Government in New York State about a new report she authored entitled State Revenues from Gambling Short-Term Relief Long Term Disappointment [... more]