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Editors at Issues and Insights explain why they have mixed feelings about foreign visitors’ reactions to World Cup soccer in America. It’s heartening to see foreign soccer fans, especially the…
Elle Purnell writes for the Federalist about Virginia Democrats’ attempt to salvage their congressional gerrymander. Jay Jones, the Virginia attorney general who fantasized about executing a Republican colleague and wished…
Aaron Sibarium of the Washington Free Beacon reports on the discrimination embedded in a dark blue county’s homeless policies. The homelessness crisis in Multnomah County, Oregon, is among the worst…
Introduction Article IX, Section 2 of the North Carolina State Constitution speaks to the state’s responsibility for public education when it declares, “The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and…
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…
I recently spoke with a group in western North Carolina about election policy. One of them asked what policies I am pursuing for the upcoming short session of the General…
Joseph Clement writes for the Federalist about the significance of a recent US Supreme Court ruling. Parents should be the ones raising their children. While this seems like common sense,…
As we begin a new year, it is worth reflecting on the institutions that shape public policy in America — and the principles that ought to guide them. For the…
When you consider the coming of the American Revolution to the colony of North Carolina 250 years ago, you might be tempted to take for granted the remarkable circumstances that…
When North Carolina’s Fifth Provincial Congress convened in Halifax on November 12, 1776, the delegates undertook a daunting task that would define North Carolina. In just five weeks, they debated,…
Beth Brelje writes for the Federalist about a disturbing use of American tax dollars. Civil war and famine spurred many Somalians to immigrate to the United States in 1991 and…
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…