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Phil Gramm and Donald Boudreaux explore the political implications of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy. The Trump administration is looking for an exit strategy from the most destructive parts of…
This is the fourth of a four-part series covering our findings in “Reforming North Carolina’s General Assembly.” Part One covered legislative pay, Part Two dealt with session limits, and Part…
Fred Bauer writes for City Journal about the impact of an ongoing COVID-inspired emergency. When John Winthrop warned his fellow Puritans that they were about to enter a “community of…
North Carolina has three signatories to the Declaration of Independence, William Hooper, John Penn, and Joseph Hewes. Interestingly enough, none of the North Carolina signers were native North Carolinians. William Hooper was originally…
Seth Lipsky doesn’t necessarily disagree with President Obama’s idea of liberalizing American immigration policy. But Lipsky explains in a TIME magazine column why Obama is going about pursuing his goal…
The fourth president has attracted considerable attention in recent years from scholars who write books accessible to general readers. The latest entry in this list of popular biographies, Lynne Cheney’s…
Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn explores in the latest edition of Imprimis crucial distinctions between America’s proper way of governance and the form governance takes today. [L]aws in America used…
Two hundred years after he occupied the White House, James Madison is attracting quite a bit of attention from biographers who write for more than just an academic audience. Having…
The Tax Foundation’s Joseph Henchman spent some time on Capitol Hill this week offering the U.S. Senate Finance Committee some ideas about Washington’s proper role in state tax policy: Most…
While I almost always agree with the Ohio Farmer, I have to quibble with a part of his latest post. He states: The 13 original states were never separate, independent…
I participate on a listserv of veterans of the Army Security Agency Field Station in Berlin. One of my former associates posted a rant against the “Tea Party blow hards…
The quote is “the natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, & government to gain ground.” Letter to Edward Carrington, 27 May 1788. Jefferson was in Paris at…