Joe Biden's election plan includes an unlikely policy pitch The largest tax hike in American history Heritage Foundation economist E J Antoni lays out Biden's toxic economic plan which for the first time in history would include a new tax on unrealized gains in other words paying taxes on money a person hasn't even made yet Plus Kane reacts to the latest polling on the race and the impact of third-party candidates on Trump's electability Become members at members charliekirk com Support the show http www charliekirk com supportSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Conservative parents are rising up and taking over school boards across California Todd explains why with School Board President Sonja Shaw Plus Timothy Head from the Faith and Freedom Coalition drops by Also Heritage Foundation's Sarah Parshall Perry and Kenny Cody from Human Events join the conversation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Energy is life and the war against carbon is at its heart a war against human life Fred Zeidman of the Council for a Secure America lays out the series of calculated actions by the Biden administration that have devastated the American energy sector and by extension America itself Plus economist E J Antoni if the Heritage Foundation explains the vulnerability of the U S dollar in the face of the BRICS offensive and the signs that America will spend in the depths of a recession Support the show http www charliekirk com supportSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

The cold reality is that President Biden rsquo s failed policies have placed this nation on a path to war with Russia If you were president what would you do Todd Starnes discusses the crisis with Raymond Arroyo Art Ally with Timothy Plan and Brent Sadler from the Heritage Foundation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

The U S Supreme Court issued an emergency stay yesterday blocking President Biden's quot vaccine mandate quot power grab delivering a significant constitutional victory for our client The Heritage Foundation as well as employers and employees all across the country Jay Jordan and the rest of the Sekulow team discuss this major victory for the Constitution and the ACLJ This and more today on Sekulow [... more]

All eyes are on the U S Supreme Court SCOTUS right now Oral arguments are underway at SCOTUS regarding President Biden's unconstitutional mandate forcing private employers with at least workers to make medical decisions for their employees by requiring them to get a COVID- vaccine or submit to weekly testing We have a lawsuit pending at the Supreme Court representing The Heritage Foundation right now challenging this mandate Jay and the rest of the Sekulow team give live legal analysis of the oral arguments as they happen This and more today on Sekulow [... more]

Tomorrow the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments starting at am Eastern time on Biden's unconstitutional mandate forcing private employers with at least workers to make medical decisions for their employees by requiring them to get a COVID- vaccine or submit to weekly testing The ACLJ already has a lawsuit pending at the Supreme Court representing The Heritage Foundation challenging this mandate Jay Jordan and the rest of the Sekulow team give legal analysis ahead of tomorrow's historic Supreme Court arguments This and more today on Sekulow [... more]

Yesterday evening the U S Senate passed a resolution to disapproving of President Biden's private employer vaccine mandate The ACLJ had already filed a lawsuit opposing this mandate on behalf of The Heritage Foundation Jay Jordan and the rest of the Sekulow team discuss this breaking news from Capitol Hill This and more today on Sekulow [... more]

In breaking news the Senate is set to vote on a bill barring the Biden federal vaccine mandate for employers - and it's likely to pass Jay Jordan and the rest of the Sekulow team discuss this breaking news and more today on the broadcast [... more]

The ACLJ has just filed a lawsuit against President Biden's vaccine mandate on behalf of the Heritage Foundation The lawsuit was filed directly with the U S Court of Appeals for the D C Circuit challenging the Biden Administration's COVID vaccine mandate for employers which has been promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA Jay Jordan and the rest of the Sekulow team discuss the ACLJ's newest lawsuit against the Biden Admin This and more today on Sekulow [... more]

Uncertainty about the - academic year in N C public schools is sparking renewed interest in educational alternatives The N C Senate's Republican leader recently used unease about public school schedules as a reason to promote the Opportunity Scholarship Program Those scholarships help low-income families send their children to private schools Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies assesses the current climate for school choice in North Carolina Speaking of school choice the U S Supreme Court recently delivered a victory for advocates of education options Mike Long president of Parents for Educational [... more]

Kansas' decision to move forward with Medicaid expansion has placed more pressure on North Carolina to follow suit Jordan Roberts John Locke Foundation health care policy analyst assesses the potential impact of Kansas on the Medicaid expansion debate in this state Republican legislators especially in the N C Senate have remained cool to all expansion proposals Conflicts between the United States and China appear to be growing Walter Lohman director of the Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center recently discussed The China Challenge in Raleigh in a speech sponsored by the Jesse Helms Center Lohman highlighted challenges linked to long-term American [... more]

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family brings you Part of a speech delivered by Dr Ryan Anderson of The Heritage Foundation at NC Family's Major Speakers Dinner in Charlotte NC on October Dr Anderson concludes his address by outlining the mechanization and ideology behind transgenderism and how we can apply our Christian ideology in love to defend truth [... more]

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family brings you Part of a speech delivered by Dr Ryan Anderson of The Heritage Foundation at NC Family's Major Speakers Dinner in Charlotte NC on October Dr Anderson continues his discussion about what all children are entitled to in their lives and how those rights are in jeopardy in the culture war of today [... more]

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family brings you Part of a speech delivered by Dr Ryan Anderson of The Heritage Foundation at NC Family's Major Speakers Dinner in Charlotte NC on October Dr Anderson discusses what all children are entitled to in their lives and how those rights are in jeopardy in the culture war of today [... more]

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John L Rustin speaks with Lindsey Burke Director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation They discuss school safety and where the research suggests efforts should be made to best keep children teachers and staff safe [... more]

The N C Press Association recently recognized Carolina Journal's excellence with three awards Carolina Journal Online won first-place honors in NCPA's annual competition for Election Political Reporting and Editorials CJ also collected a third-place award for News Enterprise Reporting Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson discusses the awards and their significance for Carolina Journal's work Thirty years have passed since then-U S Education Secretary William Bennett put forward a theory that increased student aid from the federal government drives up the cost of college tuition President Jenna Robinson of the James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal recently reviewed what has come to [... 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]

Gov Roy Cooper wants the N C Supreme Court to declare part of the new state budget unconstitutional In a recent court filing the governor expanded his Cooper v Berger lawsuit It now includes a challenge to budget provisions targeting Opportunity Scholarship school vouchers roughly billion in block grant funding and the use of million secured from a legal settlement Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson analyzes Cooper's argument The N C Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice presented a report this year designed to address long-term changes that would improve the state's court system State Supreme Court Chief [... more]

Ryan Anderson Simon Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation talks about his new book Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination as well as the intersection between religious liberty and discrimination [... more]

As we welcome a new year Carolina Journal Radio reviews some of the most interesting topics from If you're searching for a common thread that unites most progressive public policy proposals consider coercion That's the conclusion of John Locke Foundation Vice President for Research Roy Cordato From the minimum wage to environmental restrictions to education programs progressives tend to want government to force people into making decisions that satisfy the progressives' policy preferences Cordato contrasts the coercive approach to one that focuses on freedom and limited government Students have returned to college campuses across the country but many of them [... 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]

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Ryan Anderson Ph D the William E Simon Fellow at The Heritage Foundation about his new book Truth Overruled The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom and where we go from here after the U S Supreme Court's June ruling that redefined marriage [... more]

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Ryan Anderson the William E Simon Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and the editor of the journal Public Discourse about the Employment Nondiscrimination Act or ENDA and the dangers it poses to a number of fundamental civil liberties [... more]

In Part of a two-part series Ryan Anderson noted scholar writer and the William E Simon Fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington D C presents a powerful presentation on the fundamental importance of marriage as the union of one man and one woman at the North Carolina Family Policy Council's Major Speaker dinner in Raleigh N C in April [... more]

In Part of a two-part series Ryan Anderson noted scholar writer and the William E Simon Fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington D C presents a powerful presentation on the fundamental importance of marriage as the union of one man and one woman at the North Carolina Family Policy Council's Major Speaker dinner in Raleigh N C in April [... more]

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Ryan Anderson the William E Simon Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and editor of Public Discourse about the escalating threat to religious liberty posed by efforts to redefine marriage throughout our nation [... more]