city in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
As the late Nobel prize-winning economist Friedrich A. Hayek once wrote, all economies are planned. Buying, selling, saving, investing, and all other activities are the result of someone’s plan. As…
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…
Last Friday was the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, fought on Feb. 27, 1776. In addition to writing about that crucial battle last year, the John…
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…
The bridge wasn’t the biggest one in the colony of North Carolina, nor was Moores Creek a large body of water. But for a moment in time on a cold…
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…
Did you know that the wire tip of a sparkler burns at more than 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit? So when you’re lighting up the night on July Fourth with the family,…
Introduction North Carolinians are worried about crime, and with good reason. Despite recent declines, crime rates remain higher than they were before the crime wave that began in 2014, and…
In Part One of this series, I confirmed that North Carolina does indeed have a crime problem. I noted that crime rates rose dramatically between 2018 and 2021 and that clearance rates…
A new report from the Center for Food, Power, and Life at the John Locke Foundation takes stock of North Carolina’s energy infrastructure and estimates how much infrastructure the state…
Note: This is the third in a series of research briefs about crime in North Carolina. In part one of this series, I discussed how murder and other crimes spiked…
Crime is a localized phenomenon that varies greatly from city to city and from neighborhood to neighborhood. As a result, the burden of crime tends to be borne disproportionately by…