President of the United States from 1845 to 1849
October 31, 1765 | Sons of Liberty protested the Stamp Act in Wilmington. It was a mock funeral of an effigy, “Liberty.” Before the protestors buried it, someone joyfully exclaimed that Liberty still had a…
Those who want to get rid of the Electoral College might reconsider their views after scanning Richard Brookhiser’s recent history lesson on the topic in American History magazine. Is the…
RALEIGH — The John Locke Foundation honored former N.C. House Speaker Pro Tem Dale Folwell, R-Forsyth, Saturday with the 2013 James Knox Polk Award for leadership in public office. The…
If you’re a fan of the “presidential ratings game” — the ongoing attempt to rank American chief executives and group them in categories such as great, near great, average, or…
A room full of 500 people helped the John Locke Foundation celebrate its 22nd anniversary Saturday night in Raleigh. Among the evening’s highlights was JLF President John Hood’s description of…
Beyond forced sterilization and eugenics, other topics helped earn air time and public speaking opportunities for John Locke Foundation experts this week. Carolina Journal Associate Editor Sara Burrows discussed state…
View in Your Browser Welcome Tomorrow, Wake County Superior Court Judge Howard Manning will hold a hearing to discuss pre-kindergarten programs, the state budget, and 2010-11 test scores. (FYI:…
View in Your Browser Welcome In this week’s CommenTerry, I discuss the mystery of the out-of-whack Diplomas Counts graduation rate for African-American students in North Carolina. Does it reflect genuine…
What are you doing this summer solstice? Perhaps you were not thinking about learning more about James K. Polk, but folks at the North Carolina History Project think it would…
The Daily Caller ranked UNC-Chapel Hill as #32 on a list of the top fifty colleges and universities. The ranking is based on 1) the number of undergraduate alumni elected…
I know that Tennessee also claim Andrew Johnson and James K. Polk, but they were North Carolina natives. Editor of the Papers of Andrew Johnson Papers, Polk political biographer,…
Even if you hadn’t guessed it by the award the John Locke Foundation presents in his name each year, James K. Polk is one of JLF President John Hood’s favorite…