Opinion
Looking back while looking toward new year’s political battles
A 70-year-old text on political philosophy still teaches valuable lessons.
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Edwin Feulner (1941-2025) on ‘Getting America Right’
The Heritage Foundation's co-founder spoke with Carolina Journal in 2006 about his book designed to promote "true conservative values."
Opinion
A liberal’s conservative awakening
When governance strays from long-standing norms and begins to produce chaos or inefficiency, it exposes the practical wisdom behind certain principles — principles that might once have been too easily dismissed due to partisan bias.
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UNC-Chapel Hill event with Candace Owens draws overflow crowd
Turning Point USA’s spring college tour kicked off this week with a stop at UNC-Chapel Hill featuring conservative commentator Candace Owens. Over 600 attendees completely filled the event space Wednesday night and many more registrants were barred from entering due to the limited capacity.
Opinion
Conservatives must stand for freedom
In North Carolina, the political label “conservative” is more popular than the terms “liberal” or “progressive.” In the most recent John Locke Foundation poll, for example, 46% of likely voters described themselves as conservatives, with 25% picking the liberal label and the rest either “moderate” or nothing at all. If we broaden out to include...
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Fighting the nationalist impulse: a defense of the local.
National conservatives understand better than most that many in our modern civilization feel uprooted and adrift. Their attempt to address the malaise of modernity gives them broader political support than is warranted. In the end, they do not apprehend the roots of the modern political crisis, and their suggested solutions would undoubtedly deepen the social...
Opinion
I was once a National Conservatism skeptic, but the ideas are needed
I attended the third National Conservativism conference in Miami and was pleasantly surprised by what I heard. I went skeptical: “nationalism” left a bad taste in my mouth, and I was sure I would find rabid Donald Trump supporters, QAnon types, or people who despised those from other countries. None of my preconceptions were true....
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Some tips for reading this column
One of the consequences of writing a syndicated column on politics and public policy for more than three decades is that I am constantly told what I think and why I think it. You may find this consequence perplexing. Isn’t my job here to tell readers what I think and why I think it? Sure....
Opinion
Dobbs demonstrates how conservatives can win
Overturning Roe v. Wade is the Republican party’s greatest achievement in generations. Abortion, the intentional killing of an innocent and unborn human being, is no longer recognized as a constitutional right. It took 49 years, and Chief Justice John Roberts made every effort to salvage Roe, but the five remaining conservative justices did not waiver. Conservatives can be prone...
Opinion
A ‘Conservative Spring’ in 2022
The word “spring” is often tacked on to political moments when a repressive status quo crumbles and a new era of hope emerges. The “Springtime of Nations” in 1848 was one of the largest political shifts in history, as European nations rebelled against monarchy and other traditional institutions, which they replaced with flatter, more-democratic structures....
Opinion
Conservatives see freedom as progress
For some, our strongest impulse is for government, an inherently coercive institution, to butt out of our private affairs and decisions. For others, the strongest impulse is to butt in.
Opinion
A look into the different expressions of conservatism
As someone who tends to fall on the libertarian end of the political spectrum, I used to struggle with understanding the term “conservative” as a political category. I have noticed the term expresses a broad political ideology. This is generally understood to those that adhere to the principle of conservatism but not something readily available...
