September 17 observance in the US
View in your browser. Welcome Our nation celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. But did you know that public school students in North Carolina used to celebrate National…
I’m not ignoring the fact that last Wednesday was Constitution Day. The mailbox was full of reminders, but the computers were also down here, and a belated salute didn’t feel…
The latest polls in North Carolina’s high-profile U.S. Senate race prompted Time Warner Cable News’ statewide “Capital Tonight” program to seek expert analysis this week from Carolina Journal Managing Editor…
George Mason University law professor F.H. Buckley, a recent John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society speaker, explains for National Review Online readers why he would have preferred to celebrate Constitution Day…
The folks at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) are constantly fighting the speech police on college campuses. And, many times they are successful at pointing out to…
Great news for those of us who believe in free speech on college campuses, where, unfortunately, speech is too often marginalized. Today’s good news comes from the Foundation for Individual…
Today, the speech police and their “free speech zones” were put on notice — again — thanks to help from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). A student…
The Greensboro News & Record‘s “Mixing It Up” column recently cited John Locke Foundation President John Hood‘s column distinguishing the right way and wrong way to cut taxes in pursuit…
College campuses are supposedly rich marketplaces of ideas. Unfortunately, that’s not the case at Modesto Junior College in California. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has the story.…
The outcome of the 2012 elections could have a major impact on the future of school choice in North Carolina. John Locke Foundation Director of Research and Education Studies Terry…
Multiple Choice Monday will be Constitution Day. What does this mean? (Again, there are no right answers. What matters is that your teacher feels good about how you say you…
This is just one example of little peaceniks in development. Of all the holidays, it seems like International Peace Day was important enough for school parades. Did the schools even…