Dr. Edward Stringham, professor of capitalism and free enterprise studies at Fayetteville State University, discusses the importance of economic freedom. Stringham delivered these remarks July 30, 2010, during the Friedman Legacy for Freedom Day presentation. The John Locke Foundation and Foundation for Educational Choice hosted Stringham’s speech in honor of the late free-market economist Milton Friedman, who would have turned 98 on July 31. To watch full-length presentations of John Locke Foundation events, click here.
Escalating threats against political figures take nasty turn
North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, and his family have endured non-stop harassment and threats of violence, including death threats, over the past four months after he filed a lawsuit contesting the more than 65,000 ballots cast in November’s General Election for a seat on the state Supreme Court.