If North Carolina leaders want truly to be rather than to seem, they could do far worse than heed the philosopher who wrote our motto.
Yes, please pay public school teachers market-based salaries. The John Locke Foundation has advocated that position for years.
Key founders would have appreciated a day set aside to commemorate one of the nation's fundamental documents.
Don’t believe claims that language doesn’t matter, that words cannot do harm, that they are “just words.” Politics is replete with “facts” that are not so, but that frame the debate on consequential matters.
Never, never let someone suggest that language doesn't matter, that words cannot do harm, that they are "just words."
For anyone inclined to feast on a tasty melange of history, religion, warfare, and economics, there's an interesting new book to read about the spice trade.
If you really want to stir up a hornets’ nest, go to a certain kind of modern-day conservative gathering and say, “I’m so glad that America is a democracy.”
An openness to new ideas and a willingness to subject old ideas to critical examination are both essential to the successful pursuit of knowledge.
MATTHEWS — The Socrates Academy’s campus, complete with large columns, bright halls, and symbols of ancient European days, is meant to capture the feel of historic Athens.
Look up the word in a dictionary, and you will find not just a term of description but also a lesson in the power of propaganda to shape political and philosophical debates.
We need to learn the history behind our nation's liberty if we wish to preserve that liberty in the future.
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