Liberty
Working hard toward a better 2021
Joshua Lawson reminds us in a Federalist column that the changing calendar didn’t flip a magical switch. A better 2021 requires effort. [W]hile there’s no iron-clad guarantee that 2021 will…
Politeness
practical application of good manners or etiquette so as not to offend others
Education
NC public school teacher: “the time for civility has long passed”
WARNING: Use of foul language from a North Carolina public school teacher posting on the popular North Carolina Teachers United Facebook page. Fortunately, the page admins deleted this teacher’s vulgar…
Law & Public Safety
An Effusive Review of Neil Gorsuch’s New Book
The book is A Republic If You Can Keep It, and, in his recent review, the usually acerbic Michael Greve is full of praise: Justice Gorsuch has collected some of…
Liberty
Acting Like a Gentleman is Controversial?
JLF Senior Fellow Joe Coletti offers a thoughtful commentary on the controversy over the Gillette ad and the behavior of men in our society. Context is important. The latest Gillette…
Liberty
Civility Takes Another Hit
Not even the death of a president can break the ugly cycle for those tightly moored to their mocking of others. While many pundits and network commentators spoke of sharp…
Liberty
Protesters Disrupt Moment of Silence For Murder Victims
Do these protesters really believe they are persuading anyone to rethink their views by doing this to Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn? When Blackburn began her speech before a crowd of…
Law & Public Safety
Gorsuch’s concerns
No longer the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch nonetheless remains noteworthy. Kevin Daley of the Daily Caller reports on Gorsuch’s concerns for the future. Justice…
Liberty
Can society return to civil debate?
We can see an uptick in deliberate rudeness, harassment, vandalism, and violence committed solely because of political disagreement. Is there a return to civility in our future? John Locke Foundation’s…
Research Brief
Regulation
Helping Society Return to Civil Debate
Is there a return to civility in our future? Our political culture seems to be getting increasingly more toxic. This path, if we stay on it, has a bloody end,…
Liberty
Seek the better path. Politicizing everything is soul-crushing.
The real "Resistance" Movement this country needs is one that resists the dedicated effort by a few to cram our political differences into everything,
Law & Public Safety
The University of Chicago Law Review Has Published a Special “In Memoriam” Edition Devoted to Justice Scalia
Volume 84 Special Issue: Justice Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) is available online, and it’s well worth a look. Here’s the Table of Contents: Some Reflections on Justice Scalia Lillian R. BeVier…
Liberty
Will LimeBikes lower Greensboro’s ‘suzhi?’
Ok I’ll admit most people I talk to about LimeBikes–Greensboro’s bike share program- really like it–download the app, grab ’em anywhere, ditch ’em anywhere. And I know they’ll be popular…