Troy Kickler, director of the North Carolina History Project, discusses Nathaniel Macon’s distrust of government power. Kickler delivered these remarks during his Dec. 1, 2008, presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
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Let’s try building back faster
Can we all agree that it simply takes too long today to plan, permit, design, and complete major public-works projects? There are roads I regularly travel where orange barrels have become a seemingly permanent feature.