Category: Education

    Over the past few years,  we’ve become convinced that Appalachian State University in Boone is trying to overtake Carolina as the kookiest,  most left-wing campus in the UNC system.  It all seemed to gear up right about the time Sheri Everts took the…

  I was examining the agenda for Monday night’s Moore County Board of Education meeting (3PM work session, 5pm closed session, 6 PM open session)  when I came across something rather curious.  The board will be voting on a contract extension for the superintendent —…

I was a little lukewarm about Mark Johnson when I first met him during the 2016 primary campaign.  But since he’s been in office, he’s done a bang-up job of getting on the last nerve of all the right people. Here’s the latest: The fight…

I don’t know about you.  But it boils my blood to see stuff — that,if it disappeared, NOBODY would notice — get routinely funded with our tax dollars.  For instance, about half of the stuff under the jurisdiction of the state Department of Administration.  The…

Gun control weenies want to empower the hourly employee at War-Mart’s gun counter to evaluate each customer’s mental state.  Now, Governor Roy Cooper wants to give the same power to the lunch lady at your kid’s school: Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday called for $130…

We’ve got yet another nugget for you to feast on and seethe over the next time some pointy-headed edu-crat tries to tell you there just isn’t enough of other people’s cash to “educate” all of those young skulls-of-mush: Public universities in North Carolina spend nearly…

I didn’t think it was possible, but the folks who brought you “Sex Week” have outdone themselves: Last year, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte made an announcement to great fanfare: The university would soon open a branch of the Confucius Institute, the Chinese…

Yep. if you were really wondering WHAT you were getting for your dollars you fork out to UNC for the kiddo’s (kiddoes’) time in Chapel Hill, here’s a taste: A “sexual health activity” at UNC Chapel Hill teaches students how to “correctly put on a…

We told you earlier about UNC counsel Mark Merritt – who makes more than the president of the United States — doing a little lobbying  on the side to complement his flacking for the state university system. Well, our fellow butt-kicker-and-name-taker Bob Harris has shined some more…

If you’re bored, and looking for something a little, um, stimulating on October 26th — BOY has UNC-Charlotte got something special for you:  Thursday, October 26, 2017 – 14:00 to 15:30 Shaka McGlotten, Assoc. Prof. Media Studies and Doris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Prof. Media Studies (SUNY Purchase), presents:…