Sarah Curry, John Locke Foundation director of fiscal policy studies, dispels myths about North Carolina’s historic preservation tax credits. Curry offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 614).
Dr. Philip Miller, who practiced internal medicine and cardiology for 34 years with Wake Internal Medicine Consultants Inc. and works now as a part-time physician with the Military Entrance Processing Station, discusses posttraumatic stress disorder and lobotomy. Miller offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No.
Richard Epstein, law professor and director of the Classical Liberal Institute at New York University, critiques the late economist F.A. Hayek’s approach to government central planning. Epstein offered these comments during a Feb. 10, 2015, Hayek Lecture at Duke University.
Sarah Curry, John Locke Foundation director of fiscal policy studies, explains why local grant programs would work better than N.C. tax credits for historic preservation. Curry’s comments are linked to the report Historic Preservation Tax Credits: Government should not intervene in the historic-property business on economic grounds.
Tommy Harrelson, former N.C. transportation secretary, discusses the subject of his book Southport’s Art Newton. Harrelson discussed the legacy of Newton’s paintings and photography during a Jan. 26, 2015, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
Michael Lowrey, John Locke Foundation policy analyst and international German U-boat expert, discusses one of two U-boats that operated off the N.C. coast in 1918. Lowrey offered these comments during a Jan. 5, 2015, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click…
An influential early 19th-century N.C. congressman was bloodied during a “fracas” following a heated debate with a colleague.
Roger Beckett, executive director of the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, discusses the importance of studying original documents when trying to understand key issues in American history. Beckett offered these comments during a Dec. 1, 2014, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF…
RALEIGH — Original documents are much more valuable than textbooks when it comes to teaching students about key issues in American history. That’s the argument the head of the Ohio-based Ashbrook Center made Monday during a speech to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
Dr. Larry Schweikart, professor of history at the University of Dayton, discusses rock and roll music’s role in helping topple the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War. Schweikart offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 599).
