News
New tariffs further strain trade with NC’s top partner
Even before the recently imposed tariffs, trade with Canada declined over the last year.
Opinion
‘Pursuit of happiness’ meant virtue, not pleasure, to the Founders
Modern translations typically render eudaimonia as “flourishing” or “well-being.” Translations in 1776 often translated eudaimonia as “happiness.”
Opinion
Another publication merits ‘Happy Birthday’
While Gibbon's "Decline and Fall" did not, of course, influence the crafting of the roughly contemporaneous Declaration of Independence, American Founders such as James Madison and John Adams soon became avid readers of the work.
News
Challenger Ager takes early lead in NC-11 fundraising over Edwards
NC-11 incumbent US Rep. Chuck Edwards trails Democratic challenger Jamie Ager in fundraising, according to Q1 reports.
Opinion
A British lord’s warning to his American cousins on their 250th birthday
"A republic, if you can keep it. Can you, cousins? Can you?" Lord Daniel Hannan asked the 2026 CLC audience.
Opinion
Adam Smith, economic freedom, and 250 years of flourishing
"The Wealth of Nations" being published the same year as the Declaration of Independence was no coincidence. Both works grew from John Locke and the Enlightenment belief that individuals possess natural rights and liberties.
News
Ager to challenge Edwards in NC11 this fall
Rep. Chuck Edwards to face off against Democrat Jamie Ager in the general election.
Opinion
Remembering the second-most important achievement of 1776
Adam Smith made economic history during the same year American colonists declared independence from the British Crown.
News
8 congressmen, 38 legislators face Super Tuesday challenges
Registered voters in the state this cycle will choose a US senator, all 14 US House representatives, one state Supreme Court judge and three appellate justices.
Opinion
In defense of university faculty
Whatever shortcomings exist in American higher education (and we acknowledge that there are many), they cannot be solved by undermining the tenets of free speech and due process that enable the institution to function in the first place.
Opinion
Why conservatives defend free enterprise
When conservatives advocate lower taxes and less regulation, their critics often retort that we’re just advancing the interest of business. That’s either a misunderstanding or a purposeful mischaracterization. I have nothing against the business sector — some of my best friends are business executives, to paraphrase the old rationalization — but what I and my...
Opinion
The misguided notions behind ‘Liberation Day’
In effect, tariffs are actually taxes on domestic consumers, not on foreign competitors.
