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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.
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Beware those ignoring facts that contradict their historical narratives
The story of a 12th-century English king offers valuable lessons in today's anti-historical climate.
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Falsehoods common in political debate
Politicians employ falsehoods that fit their rhetorical needs, often without checking their sources and considering alternative explanations for the data.
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First American Ship Captain
A Spanish fleet arrived in Chesapeake Bay and demanded the surrender of the fort at Old Point Comfort. The English commander's response was terse: “Go to the Devil!”
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Shuler Co-Authors Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Bill
RALEIGH — H.R. 822 would not establish a federal licensing system. Nor would it impose new federal penalities or force state officials to do anything other than recognize each other’s permits.
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Ridley: ‘Dare to Be an Optimist’
The Rational Optimist takes in all of human history. It asserts that because of the capacity of the human race to innovate, even though disasters will occur, the future will enhance human prosperity and natural biodiversity. Ridley challenges everyone to “dare to be an optimist.”
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Back to the Stack
Successful attempts to balance budgets rely almost entirely on reducing government expenditures, while unsuccessful ones rely heavily on tax increases.
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James Iredell and the Nobility of Fighting for Freedom
RALEIGH -- North Carolinian James Iredell reminds us why American colonists refused to be considered subjects of the crown and insisted on being recognized as free men and women.
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Paul Johnson’s Churchill Concise, Enjoyable, and a Joy to Read
The man who would be Britain's first lord of the admiralty in World War I and prime minister in World War II held an officer's commission in both conflicts and commanded troops in the trenches personally. He modernized the Royal Navy, invented the tank, championed the Royal Air Force when others would not, and warned England of the threat of Nazism for years while all others declared both him and Hitler crackpots. The same year he slipped away from the Afrikaners he was elected to Parliament, at the age of 26, where he served for five and a half decades. As a journalist, author, and statesman, he may have put as many as 10 million words in print.
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A Strong Federal System Offers the Best Protection Against Tyranny
RALEIGH -- With the renewed interest in state sovereignty and federalism as alternatives to the current march toward centralization, Americans forget that states can abuse power, too.
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The wealth of nations in retreat?
Recent weeks have witnessed renewed fervor to address financial market upheaval with new policies and unprecedented authority transferred from private markets and private entrepreneurs to policymakers, regulatory agencies, and the U.S. Congress. But fear of markets is not the answer. Sound economics and logical thinking are. Not least, it's time to reconsider the true nature and causes of the wealth of nations.
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The Science of Liberty
Basic American ideals have produced and can continue to produce prosperity.
