Opinion
Federalist 22: Other defects of the present confederation, continued…
Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.
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.
Opinion
First Congress met in North Carolina
To the extent we associate the word “Congress” with the birth of American liberty, North Carolina can rightly claim to be, once again, “First in Freedom.”
Opinion
Freedom and whisky go together like tyranny and oppression
Freedom and whisky go together. I first heard that line a few years ago at a Burns Night supper in a local pub outside Raleigh. It’s from Scottish national poet Robert “Rabbie” Burns (1759–1796), and the gathering was the annual celebration of his birthday, Jan. 25. I heard it spoken properly — Freedom and whisky...
Opinion
British-American trade crucial in the era of Brexit, Trump
A version of this column appeared originally at National Review Online. Many Americans will be surprised to hear that Britain is once again going to the polls, for what will be the third time in as many years. But while the June 8 election is unlikely to generate any shocks on the magnitude of the...
Opinion
Important N.C. Anti-Federalist had national impact
In history books, Anti-Federalists often are depicted as losers during the constitutional ratification debates. But in many ways, they were victorious. For instance, they assured that a Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution, and their concerns prompted a vigorous political debate and constitutional commentary that Americans still reference. One of the leading...
Opinion
Important N.C. Anti-Federalist had national impact
Those who value the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights should give some credit to a North Carolinian.
Opinion
Churchill’s Uncontested Status as ‘Great Man’
Fifty years after the wartime British prime minister's death, a new book demonstrates how he made history.
Opinion
Defending Liberty from the Bench
North Carolina's Maurice Moore offered clear arguments against taxation without representation and "virtual" representation.
News
Fracking Opponents State Case At DENR-Sponsored Hearing
CHAPEL HILL — Nearly 700 placard-waving people filled the East Chapel Hill High School auditorium March 27 and still more were turned away due to crowding. Fifty of the 90-plus people who signed up to speak at the public hearing testified during the lively three-hour proceeding.
Opinion
Liberty vs. Democracy
Americans venerate a system that can lead to abuse of freedom and fundamental rights.
News
Churchill on Islamic Fundamentalism
RALEIGH — Winston S. Churchill III maintains that Islamic fundamentalism is as destructive as the malevolent "isms" of the 20th century: Nazism, Communism and Facism. In a speech on recently at the John Locke Foundation's anniversary dinner, the grandson of Winston Churchill urged the West to stay the course in the fight against extremist Islam.
