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This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Carolina Journal Radio marks its 800th weekly episode by highlighting some of the most interesting figures to appear on the program over the past 15 years. Among the notable interviewees:…
Michael Novak
American theologian, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat (1933-2017)
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Michael Novak, R.I.P.
Former John Locke Foundation Headliner Michael Novak has died at age 83. In 2010, Novak spoke about the connection between religion and the founding of the American government. Novak shared…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Carolina Journal Radio marks its 700th consecutive weekly episode with highlights from more than a dozen years of insightful interviews about politics, public policy, and history. You’ll hear highlights from…
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Novak revisits the Battle of Lepanto
Those who wonder about the evolution of extreme Islam would do well to read Michael Novak‘s latest article at National Review Online, which celebrates the 16th-century Battle of Lepanto. For…
Elections & Public Integrity
Michael Novak questions a central theme of the president’s re-election campaign
Michael Novak uses a new National Review Online column to poke at a key element of President Obama’s re-election narrative. President Obama hangs his whole campaign narrative on one legend,…
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Michael Novak puts the 9/11 anniversary in historical perspective
As we step back and reflect on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Michael Novak places those attacks in a much larger historical context for National Review Online…
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Religion’s role in the American Revolution
We’ve heard a lot about the political, philosophical, and economic reasons for the American colonies’ decision to declare their independence from Britain and fight what would come to be known…
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New Carolina Journal Online features
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features a conversation with philosopher and theologian Michael Novak about the impact of the Founders’ religious faith. Donna Martinez’s guest Daily Journal urges…
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This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
We?ve seen some interesting legal developments in recent weeks regarding imprisoned former N.C. House Speaker Jim Black and retiring N.C. Sen. R.C. Soles, D-Columbus. Rick Henderson responds to those developments…
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Oh, the irony
Harvard was named for a clergyman. It served for years as a training ground for Puritan ministers. Its early motto translated as ?Truth for Christ and the Church.? Now Newsweek…
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Novak notes religion?s role in preserving U.S. system of government
Philosopher, theologian, and author Michael Novak argues that the Founders were much more religious than modern historians care to admit. Novak says the Founders believed their countrymen could preserve the…
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Blame deregulation?
The latest issue of First Things includes interesting observations from Michael Novak about the impact of the current economic crisis on the future of ?democratic capitalism.? (Subscribers can access the…