Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist

OPINION, City upon a hill: Buying higher education, admission’s shady side

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 27, 2016

OPINION, City upon a hill: Judicial elections erode the spirit of Common Law

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 20, 2016

OPINION, City Upon a Hill: YG’s “Meet the Flockers” provokes debate

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 17, 2016

OPINION, City upon a hill: Remembering Kalman, tech genius

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 29, 2016

OPINION: Can campus carry laws promote safety?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 15, 2016

OPINION, City upon a hill: GOP reluctant to support public education

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 8, 2016

OPINION, City upon a hill: Free speech, not political correctness, cultivates civility

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 1, 2016

OPINION, City upon a hill: Rationalizing the college vote

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
August 29, 2016

CITY UPON A HILL: Saudi Arabia’s threat to U.S. reveals the truth

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
April 18, 2016

CITY UPON A HILL: Ripping off the middle class

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
April 13, 2016

CITY UPON A HILL: Annexation of Mexico: an alternative of building a wall

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 21, 2016

CITY UPON A HILL: Fresh off the plane

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 14, 2016

CITY UPON A HILL: Bond referendum funds state

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 3, 2016

COLUMN: The unpleasant justices

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
February 23, 2016

COLUMN: The conundrum of outsiders’ triumph

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
February 15, 2016

COLUMN: A pattern of social change in America

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
February 2, 2016

COLUMN: The spirit of higher education

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
January 26, 2016

COLUMN: Anti-money laundering finally targets real estate market

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
January 19, 2016

COLUMN: Will the election of 2016 change the GOP?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
January 12, 2016

COLUMN: The bottom lines of religions

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
December 1, 2015

OPINION: Sorry, Syrian refugees

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
November 17, 2015

To Taiwan: Never trust a communist

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
November 10, 2015

Exclusion of blacks from jury selection

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
November 3, 2015

The UNC system is not a private institution

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 26, 2015

It’s time to make your voice heard

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 20, 2015

Debunking the ‘Asian advantage’

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 12, 2015

Fear of international trade still lingers

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 6, 2015

Be wise and fight smart, Grand Old Party

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 28, 2015

Should the U.S. be obliged to accept Syrian refugees?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 21, 2015

Firing Kim Davis is enough

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 15, 2015

Do not shy away from our history

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 1, 2015

Stop tipping: raise restaurant prices

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
August 24, 2015

Supreme Court’s ruling against Abercrombie & Fitch: protection of religious liberty?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
June 3, 2015

State law needs to protect religious freedom, too

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
April 5, 2015

Did Lee Kuan Yew embody Western values or Asian values?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 29, 2015

Evaluating North Carolina’s tax reform

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 23, 2015

The U.S. should actively engage in the China-led investment bank

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 16, 2015

Will net neutrality really forge an open environment for Internet users?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 2, 2015

Is a deal with Greece necessary to stabilize the euro?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
February 22, 2015

Universities shouldn’t be a battleground for politics

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
February 10, 2015

Is a ban on hard alcohol in colleges effective?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
February 1, 2015

Why dynasty in the United States is harmless

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
January 25, 2015

How low fertility rates, demographic change affect Europe

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
January 12, 2015

The Eric Garner case reveals over-criminalization

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
January 7, 2015

Let colleges stick with their own admission standards

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
December 1, 2014

The unilateral action on immigration

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
November 24, 2014

The defeat of Obama’s radical liberal agenda

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
November 17, 2014

Research resources aren’t just for grad students

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
November 3, 2014

UNC scandal tells of institutional problems

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 26, 2014

The myth of equal pay: factors of pay disparity

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 19, 2014

The end of Amendment One means trouble for Republicans

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 12, 2014

Hong Kong’s unreliable future

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 5, 2014

The backlash and conflict of the Confucius Institutes

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 28, 2014

Examining the unspoken risk of Alibaba fervor

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 21, 2014

An educational approach to U.S. immigration reform

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 14, 2014

Lawmakers should know where think tanks get their funds

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 7, 2014

Tax incentives for business are not sustainable

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 3, 2014

China’s antitrust campaign spreads

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
August 25, 2014

Suing the president could preserve the rule of the law

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
July 16, 2014

The defeat of Eric Cantor and the future of corporate politics

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
June 25, 2014

An optimistic look at capitalism

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
June 4, 2014

Is it privilege or hard work?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
May 28, 2014

Social media should not be used for online screening

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
April 22, 2014

A cure for grade inflation

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
April 20, 2014

North Carolina’s unique unemployment-benefits law

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
April 9, 2014

Disclosing donor’s information is necessary

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
April 4, 2014

Raleigh officials, be cautious about infrastructure

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 27, 2014

College admission based on merit or race?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 20, 2014

The use of money in public universities

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 7, 2014

Protect the diverse flavors of olive oil

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
February 26, 2014

Should professors come out of the ivory tower?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
February 20, 2014

The lack of diversity in American meat consumption

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
February 12, 2014

The Federal Reserve is still a necessary evil

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
February 6, 2014

The experiment of trickle-down economics in N.C.

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
January 28, 2014

Don’t look for a job, invent one

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
January 22, 2014

The return to the original purpose of state colleges

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
January 15, 2014

The myth of U.S. student performance

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
January 8, 2014

What do college rankings really tell us?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
December 2, 2013

Life without parole for nonviolent criminals: justice or politics?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
November 20, 2013

Don’t blame the past — Reagan did little to cause today’s slow recovery

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
November 13, 2013

Higher education curriculum: Broad or narrow?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
November 6, 2013

Accepting private funding may help public colleges thrive

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 30, 2013

Global Internet freedom in peril under NSA’s surveillance programs

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 23, 2013

Ancient Chinese philosophy in American colleges: Seeking truth or exoticism?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 16, 2013

Expats: Not proud to be Americans

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
October 2, 2013

The Republican Party’s image problem

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 25, 2013

Bridging the cultural gap: An immigrant’s ambition

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 18, 2013

The economics of tipping

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
September 11, 2013

Fifty years on, we are invisibly segregated

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
August 28, 2013

On healthy diet: Not to avoid but to balance

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
August 21, 2013

North Carolina’s human capital is in danger

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
July 24, 2013

The myth of the rail system

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
June 20, 2013

Government power growth amid tragedies

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
April 25, 2013

Of the dead, nothing spoken unless good

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
April 16, 2013

It’s time to stop the cap

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
April 10, 2013

A legal battle for freedom of homeschooling

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
April 4, 2013

A former Atheist’s confession

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 18, 2013

Liberty lies in the heart of every one of us

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
March 14, 2013

Gauging the value of college with salary data

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist
February 14, 2013

Why capital gains tax is the worst tax ever

Ziyi Mai, Staff columnist
February 11, 2013

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