NC 250
Griffith Rutherford: Man of action
Griffith Rutherford was a civic and military leader from the North Carolina frontier who was involved in all aspects of the colony’s Revolutionary struggle. He lived just southwest of Salisbury…
St. Augustine
city in St. Johns County, Florida, United States
Liberty
Poorly taught AI rejects truth, virtue
Dave Brat writes for the Federalist about a major flaw in artificial intelligence. According to a recent report, the White House is set to start using artificial intelligence to write…
Liberty
Pelosi’s Embrace of Term Limits … For Other People
Jeffrey Blehar of National Review Online ponders former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s support of term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices. If there’s anyone who should be sympathetic to…
Liberty
A ‘Post-Christian’ West Would Feature More Violence, Oppression
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist offers a dire prediction of a West deprived of Christian influence. [Director Robert] Eggers probably didn’t intend it, but “The Northman” is a powerful…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Morality and the national debt
Michael Tanner‘s latest column for National Review Online explores the “moral dimension” of our national debt. “Oh Lord, give me chastity,” St. Augustine is reputed to have said. “But don’t…
Liberty
Meeting the Chinese challenge
The latest issue of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis features David Goldman’s exploration of national security challenges linked to China. China, like Russia, responds to its past humiliation by challenging American power.…
Liberty
Raleigh’s new logo was a missed opportunity
By now, you may have heard about the new logo for the city of Raleigh. If you haven’t seen it, here it is. The city spent a quarter of a…
Transportation
Charlotte gets yet more Essential Air Service flights
This time, it’s flights from Staunton, VA, also known as Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport. From the airport’s press release: The Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) Commission announced today a new…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
More Essential Air Service comes to Charlotte
The price of airline deregulation back in the 1970s was the Essential Air Service program, which guarantees air service (within certain limits) to communities that had scheduled air service at…
Liberty
A book lover’s apology
Maureen Mullarkey explains in a Federalist column why E-readers never can replace books effectively. I feel about Kindle the way St. Augustine felt about chastity: someday, Lord, but please not…
Transportation
JetBlue is expanding in Ft. Lauderdale. Will they add a Charlotte flight?
Charlotte Douglas International Airport recently started work on a new nine-gate concourse for all airlines besides American Airlines that operate out of the airport. This will bring the number of…
Liberty
CLT aviation baseline 2015: everybody else
Time for the yearly look at air service from Charlotte (and Concord). Here the flights offered by all the airlines besides US Airways/American Airlines as of Thursday, August 13. The…