Carolina Review stands as a journal to champion Enlightenment thinking — the ideals which our state’s University System and our Republic have long stood to represent. By participating in multi-stakeholder efforts—some of which have been set up by think tanks and nonprofits—and considering legal approaches that emphasize transparency rather than…
Dear Readers, The long expected and well overdue day has finally come. Chapel Hill is unmasked. The longest “two weeks” of our lives are over. Although by the time I arrived at Chapel Hill the worst of Covid-19 had already passed by, I was doubtful that the pandemic policies of…
Dear Readers, As you may know, Carolina Review’s editor-in-chief, Bryson Piscitelli, resigned from the publication. He is now working with Carolina Coalition, a collection of students who, as senators in our student government, want to be the servants and stewards of our great university. I want first to thank Bryson…
By: Justin Evangelisto The memories we make in college are some of the most memorable in our lives. The books we read during this time will be some of the most influential in our growth. Thomas Merton knew this; hence he remembers the books he read that influenced him throughout…
By: Alexander Kelly Once upon a time, opposition to the proliferation of porn was a unifying force among self-coined conservatives. However, at some point, conservatives renounced this stance; instead taking up the position that the government should never be used to advance that which was in the interest of the…
By: Erik Hanson On September 30th, I walked into the Carolina Union Great Hall, which filled halfway to hear Julian Castro’s speech that night. Castro seemed not just the keynote speaker for the evening, but also a landmark in UNC’s “Latinx Heritage Month.” The premises justifying the “Latinx” celebration were…
