“The family is the fountainhead of all mental and moral influence,” declared the famous abolitionist Frederik Douglass.
Father’s Day was this past Sunday. Many people spent time with their fathers or even post photos celebrating the men in their life on social media. Still, more than ever, there is an epidemic of children living without a solid fatherly influence. Today 1 in 4 children in America live without any kind of father...
We are living in an unprecedented time in American history. Never before have we had so many social issues or ills. From gun violence, teen pregnancy, incarceration, drug abuse, and the list goes on and on. As you read this, you are adding problems to the list yourself. If you just stop and think about...
As communism’s iron grip tightened around eastern Europe in the 20th century, the government became increasingly hostile toward relationships that didn’t center around the State. Civil society was crowded out, and in some cases outlawed, by the expansion of communist regimes that saw little use for friendship. Citizens were encouraged to look to their rulers for...
First, graduate. Second, maintain full-time employment. Third, if you’re going to have kids, wait until you’re married. If you follow those three steps in that order, you are following what has been coined the “success sequence.” People who have followed the success sequence are much likelier to escape poverty and end up in the middle...
Mark Robinson understands that the purpose of the government should reflect John Locke’s understanding and is fundamental: protecting life, liberty, and property.
When I tested positive, I knew it was because I had in fact received the real vaccine.
Dr. Richard McKenzie, retired economist from the University of California-Irvine, discusses the Crossnore School, a modern-day N.C. orphanage and subject of his book Miracle Mountain. McKenzie offered these comments during a July 8, 2013, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute, author of Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010, discusses the changes within Belmont and Fishtown, the names he’s assigned to typical upper-class and working-class American communities. Murray offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 501).
Charles Murray, W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses a key point from his book Coming Apart. He believes the growth of a new upper class has negative consequences for American society. Murray offered these comments during an Oct. 24, 2012, Headliner speech for the John Locke Foundation. To watch full-length presentations of...
Supporters and critics of Amendment One, the measure dubbed the marriage amendment, offer their contrasting arguments during a May 3, 2012, debate sponsored by the Federalist Society and John Locke Foundation. Tami Fitzgerald of the N.C. Values Coalition and Ken Klukowski of the Center for Religious Liberty argue in favor of the amendment. Duke political...
