Author Profile

Jay Schalin

Jay Schalin joined the Martin Center in August 2007. A Philadelphia native, he began his writing career as a freelance journalist for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey and wrote for several other papers in New Jersey and Delaware. Schalin has a B.S. in computer science from Richard Stockton College in New Jersey and an M.A. in economics from the University of Delaware.

His articles have appeared in Forbes, the Washington Times, Fox News Online, U.S. News and World Report, Investor's Business Daily, Human Events, and American Thinker. His op-eds have been published by the McClatchy News Service and the Raleigh News & Observer. He has been interviewed on ESPN, National Public Radio, and UNC-TV, and his work has been featured on ABC News and Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor.

Schalin is a member of the National Association of Scholars and is on the Board of Directors for the Academy of Philosophy and Letters.

Articles by Jay Schalin



The Smutty Professor

UNC-Wilmington’s English department has sunk to new depths by hiring a new professor whose writing is unprintable.




Essential Knowledge

College general education programs should focus on the purposes for which they were intended instead of mocking them.


Change, We Hope

The University of North Carolina’s governing board may initiate a badly needed change in direction to a staid system.


A Clear Choice

North Carolina’s two candidates for governor offer drastically different visions of education policy.