NC 250
Stamp Act revisited
Before the Edenton Tea Party’s 1774 protest against the tax on tea, before the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775 (it’s on the North Carolina flag!), and before…
English people
citizens of England
Liberty
Exploring the history of birthright citizenship
Allen Guelzo examines the history behind one of today’s hottest political debates. What makes someone a citizen? We might say, a little hopefully, that a citizen is someone who obeys…
NC 250
Guardians of their own liberty
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…
NC 250
Retreat toward victory
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…
Liberty
Placing the Founders’ Achievements in Context
Scott Howard writes for National Review Online about the importance of American independence in world history. These men did not work alone, however. Their actions drew upon a civilizational tradition…
Liberty
The Left’s Preferred Hatred Is Class Hatred
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online ponders the political left’s favorite target. The American Left is not beyond practicing race hatred, religious hatred, national hatred, or any other kind of…
Liberty
Now here’s a good idea!
“Why don’t we swap those who want to turn the US into a communist state with those Hong Kongers desperate to escape the authoritarian clutches of one? They can experience…
Liberty
Musing about alternate Americas
Rich Lowry of National Review Online muses about the way America would have evolved if another great European power had colonized it. Our cultural nation was extremely important at the…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Understanding the Anti-Monopoly Clause of the N.C. Constitution, Part One
Article I, Section 34 of the North Carolina Constitution states: Perpetuities and monopolies are contrary to the genius of a free state and shall not be allowed. Commonly known as…
Liberty
A plea to end the visa lottery
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online highlights one aspect of President Trump’s immigration agenda he particularly likes. [I]t is easy to forget that immigration is the one subject upon which…
Law & Public Safety
An ode to the Third Amendment
Villanova political science professor Colleen Sheehan promotes one of the lesser-known pillars of the Bill of Rights in a Daily Signal column. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say…
Liberty
A growing reliance on ‘Irish democracy’
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online notes an interesting response across the country to misguided laws. It isn’t even St. Patrick’s Day, but we are all Irish now: In Connecticut,…