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This July 4, celebrate more than just fireworks
What follows is one of the great “Did You Knows” of history. Two of America’s Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both died on July 4, 1826 — 50…
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809
NC 250
John Locke: The philosopher behind America’s freedom
As we get closer to the 250th celebration of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, it’s important to go back and explore the roots of the document. Much of…
NC 250
The Mecklenburg Declaration: Fact or fiction?
Today is the 251st anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. The document was joyously celebrated last year in Charlotte with heightened pageantry on its 250th birthday, and this year…
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Freedom Focus
How John Locke’s thoughts inspired the Founding Fathers
As our nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, much discussion surrounds the people, actions, and motivations that made America’s founding possible. Once the Revolutionary War was won, our Founders had to…
Liberty
Vance, Rubio jockey for position in 2028
Tim O’Brien writes for PJMedia.com about the two major players in the Trump administration who could succeed the 47th president. People have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio if he…
Liberty
Pleas for rights mask schemes for power
Mark Lewis writes for Townhall.com about Democrats’ misleading rhetoric. Claiming, or implying, that certain groups don’t have the same “rights” as other (mainly white male) Americans do, is one of…
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
What is the role of a think tank?
As we begin a new year, it is worth reflecting on the institutions that shape public policy in America — and the principles that ought to guide them. For the…
NC 250
Retreat toward victory
As part of the John Locke Foundation’s NC250: Freedom’s Vanguard initiative, this essay contest invited students, scholars, historians, and writers to explore North Carolina’s pivotal role in the American Revolution…
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Myths too often become media ‘facts’
Becket Adams writes for National Review Online about a disturbing legacy media trend. A CNN guest claimed recently that Thomas Jefferson raped a 14-year-old slave. No one at the table…
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Attacks on judges are nothing new in American history
Adam White highlights the history of threats to judicial independence in the United States. In an anti-institutional era, does any institution face more dangerous attacks than our Constitution’s judicial branch?…
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New book does not end ‘dangerous coverup’ of Biden decline
David Catron writes for the American Spectator about the legacy media’s continuing failure in the story of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline. Now that Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson…
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New NYC statue linked to ‘leftist cultural warfare’
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist laments the latest piece of artwork erected in America’s largest city. The cultural parasites of the left have struck again. This time, they have…