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So called “assault weapons,” i.e., Colt AR-15s and similar lightweight semi-automatic rifles, have long been the target of gun control legislation. As I have explained, the United States Supreme Court’s 2008 decision…
David Manney jokes at PJMedia.com that a Democratic US senator’s recent comments might mark a sign of the apocalypse. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) has admitted that Republicans may have found…
Editors at National Review Online assess a high-profile US Senate candidacy. It’s hard to know what’s worse — Graham Platner’s pattern of deception, or the willful credulity of his supporters.…
Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about new data exposing a major media outlet’s journalistic malpractice. A new database of all the New York Times articles published in…
Peter McIlvenna writes for Front Page Magazine about a controversial policy across the pond. In a development raising red flags across the Atlantic, Britain’s Labour government has appointed the UK’s…
Perhaps the greatest political science lesson ever taught can be found in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that…
As part of the John Locke Foundation’s NC250: Freedom’s Vanguard initiative, this essay contest invited students, scholars, historians, and writers to explore North Carolina’s pivotal role in the American Revolution…
Victor Nava writes for the New York Post about a welcome development in American energy policy. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Friday that $679 million in federal funding has been…
Thomas Catenacci of the Washington Free Beacon reports on the Trump administration’s latest attack on his predecessor’s green agenda. President Donald Trump’s Department of Energy withdrew a $715.8 million loan…
Eminent domain refers to the government’s power to take land from property owners without the owners’ consent. The Takings Clause, which appears in the Fifth Amendment to the United States…
With more than $55 billion in unfunded retirement liabilities, the State Investment Modernization Act (House Bill 506) represents a significant reform of the state retirement system’s governance and financial management.
Jeffrey Blehar of National Review Online explains why he’s paying attention to the activities of a little-known Connecticut senator. [A]pparently the senator has more on his mind this time than…