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Ratification Day: NC became 12th state in the Union on Nov. 21, 1789
Exactly 235 years ago, on November 21, 1789, North Carolina ratified the Constitution to become the twelfth state in the Union.
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Q&A: Founders focused on U.S. Constitution’s role as anti-corruption tool
RALEIGH — Americans have debated the U.S. Constitution’s meaning for more than 225 years. A recent book, The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, and What We Can Do About It, argues that the Constitution’s framers wanted to create an anti-corruption covenant. Author F.H. “Frank” Buckley is foundation professor at the...
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State Supreme Court: Map Act Uses Eminent Domain Powers
The N.C. Supreme Court on Friday handed hundreds of property owners in highway corridors a victory by ruling unanimously that restrictions placed on landowners by the state’s Map Act amounted to a use of eminent domain requiring just compensation. The amount of money the N.C. Department of Transportation will have to pay to the landowners...
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Belmont Abbey’s Curriculum Looks to the Past for Inspiration
RALEIGH — Beginning this fall, students at Belmont Abbey College, a Catholic college near Charlotte, must take a core curriculum comprising 12 specific semester courses as well as electives in fields such as mathematics and fine arts.
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One Nation Will Make You Angry
Most Americans are aware of our government-caused economic debacle, but very few realize how badly our legal system has been perverted. That’s why I strongly recommend One Nation Under Arrest. You will be outraged at the injustices the authors present. You may find yourself thinking, “This seems like the way people were treated in the Soviet Union. America should be different.”
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Friday Interview: N.C. History Project Expands Operations in Edenton
RALEIGH — Since 2005, the North Carolina History Project has sought to shine a light on many of the resources and personalities in our state’s history that have been forgotten or neglected. Now the Raleigh-based History Project has expanded its work to a satellite office in Edenton. Dr. Troy Kickler, founding director of the N.C. History Project, discussed the issue with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
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Friday Interview: The Dirty Dozen
RALEIGH — William Mellor, president and general counsel of the Institute for Justice, recently discussed his book, The Dirty Dozen: How 12 Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom, with a John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society audience in Raleigh. He also discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's worst decisions with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
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Friday Interview: Walter Williams on Liberty
RALEIGH — Today, Carolina Journal Radio’s Mitch Kokai talks to Walter Williams, a George Mason University economist, writer, and commentator on television and radio. In a recent speech in Chapel Hill, Williams discussed the proper role of government in society. (Go to http://www.carolinajournal.com/cjradio/ to find a station near you or to learn about the weekly CJ Radio podcast.)
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Friday Interview: Revolutionary Characters
RALEIGH — Today, Carolina Journal’s Mitch Kokai interviews Gordon Wood, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Brown University professor who recently addressed a North Carolina History Project Headliner luncheon in Raleigh. He also discussed his recent book, Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different. (Go to http://www.carolinajournal.com/cjradio/ to find a station near you or to learn about the weekly CJ Radio podcast.)
