NC 250
John Locke: The philosopher behind America’s freedom
As we get closer to the 250th celebration of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, it’s important to go back and explore the roots of the document. Much of…
By-law
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
How John Locke’s thoughts inspired the Founding Fathers
As our nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, much discussion surrounds the people, actions, and motivations that made America’s founding possible. Once the Revolutionary War was won, our Founders had to…
Liberty
Democrats, Republicans need history lessons
Matthew Continetti explains why leaders of both major American political parties need to brush up on American history. Next year’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence can’t come soon…
Education
Happy Birthday, John Locke!
Today is John Locke’s birthday. The philosopher greatly contributed to the formation of Carolina and influenced the American founding. He penned several notable works. One was The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669).…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
Property Rights Are Human Rights
Progressive leftists want to convince you of the difference between human rights and property rights. But property rights are human rights. Attempts to diminish property rights in service of some “common good”…
Law & Public Safety
Defunding police would create real danger
Joshua Lawson explains in a Federalist column how real efforts to defund police would threaten “American lives, liberty, and property.” Intimidated by an increasingly loud minority of the U.S. population,…
Liberty
The Legacy of John Locke, August 28, 1632 to October 28, 1704
“John Locke is the most influential philosopher of modern times. Locke’s importance reaches far beyond the limits of what has since his time become recognized as the professional discipline of…
Liberty
Do we still hold these truths as self-evident?
The fulcrum of our independence is encapsulated in this sentence in our Declaration: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed…
Liberty
Diluting the importance of rights
James Kirchick explains in the latest Commentary magazine why the push to expand the definition of “rights” diminishes the rights we actually enjoy. Since the concept of “human rights” was…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Long May He Serve!
It was recently reported that “Justice Clarence Thomas, a reliable conservative vote on the Supreme Court, is mulling retirement.” In response, Thomas’s wife Ginni posted the following message on her…
Law & Public Safety
Learning from Locke
Libertarian Georgetown law professor Randy Barnett‘s latest book, Our Republican Constitution, faces scrutiny from Jeremy Rozansky in the latest Commentary magazine. Barnett frames American legal history as a contest between…
Liberty
Libertarian leadership
Given libertarians’ general preference for individualism over collective action, you might find it amusing to ponder the notion of a libertarian form of leadership. Yet that’s what you will find…