fort and town established in the Virginia Colony
Socialism seems to be polling higher in America, especially among younger Americans. A recent Cato survey found that 62 percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 held a “favorable view”…
Joshua Lawson writes for the Federalist about the Pilgrims’ ongoing significance in today’s America. During the last month, contributors to The Federalist’s 1620 Project have demonstrated the resounding influence and…
Washington Post food critic Jim Shahin says he came to North Carolina expecting to prepare an autopsy for traditional wood-smoked NC barbecue. He begins with an example of NC barbecue at its best–Grady’s BBQ…
View in your browser. This Thanksgiving eve, those of you with social media accounts have, I hope, encountered John Stossel’s very welcome column today, "The Lost Lesson of Thanksgiving." In…
More problems are reported with the electronic ballot in Guilford County, this time in Pleasant Garden and Jamestown after problems were reported at Greensboro’s Bur-Mil Park location. Guilford County Board…
So Jackson marks the beginning of American history as 1776. I suppose pre-Columbian cultures, Columbus, DeSoto, the Lost Colony, Jamestown, Plymouth, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Lords Proprietors, the French…
In anticipation of Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory’s formal bid for governor n Jamestown, the HPE’s Paul Johnson talks to some of the mayor’s ol’ buddies: The boy at Jamestown Elementary…
The N&O reports that Jamestown’s Toney Baker suffered a season-ending knee injury in N.C. State’s loss to Central Florida. Man, I had a bad feeling about that game.
In a way we are all about remembering history around here at the John Locke Foundation. Last week I had the opportunity to take a break from the policy process…
Spiegel Online’s story about the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown colony is more like the left-wing Spiegel we all know and love. The blog Medienkritik, located in…
I had a wonderful dream. The NC General Assembly met for only 5 days in the summer without air conditioning. Richard Brookhiser tells us about the first general assembly in…
Some thirty million Americans are thought to be descended from the Pilgrims of the Mayflower; about 6.8 million Americans claim Native American ancestry. A much smaller number used to gather…