On September 3, 1783, representatives from the American states, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay, and a representative of King George III signed the Treaty of Paris to officially end the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 12:09 am
By: Diane Rufino
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December 15 marks a very special day in our founding history - On that date in 1791, the first 14 states (Vermont had just been admitted to the Union as the 14th state), ratified the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, known collectively as our Bill of Rights.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Four days ago, a date came and went without much mention. Yet it was so significant.
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 6:55 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The great British statesman and writer Edmund Burke was a critic of his government's treatment of the American colonies in the years preceding the Revolutionary War
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2018 @ 6:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill stood the noble statue of "Silent Sam," the Confederate soldier who stood vigilant watch over the campus. It stood on McCorkle place, the University's upper quad, facing Franklin Street.
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 11:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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I'd like to take a trip down memory lane, back to the time when Ronald Reagan was president, when most Americans admired our leader, trusted him, and felt comforted and safe knowing he was in charge.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2018 @ 11:38 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I'm pleased to welcome the President of the United States to Chequers today on his first official visit to the United Kingdom.
Published: Tuesday, July 17th, 2018 @ 4:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We Did it Once Let's Do it Twice
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 11:42 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Most Americans have been propagandized rather than educated on the causes of the War Between the States (aka, The War of Northern Aggression; aka, The War to Prevent Southern Independence; aka, the Civil War).
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2018 @ 3:01 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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In the 1969 parody Support Your Local Sheriff!, James Garner plays a skilled but somewhat-disreputable gunslinger who stumbles his way into the job of sheriff in a Colorado frontier town
Published: Monday, April 2nd, 2018 @ 1:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The public is in a surly mood. According to a January poll by Gallup, only 38 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with how well “the U.S. system of government works.”
Published: Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 @ 1:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I know that most people have never heard of the term
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2018 @ 7:02 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Many of the comments in this series are nothing more than random thoughts on various issues that I have still to clarify in my mind. I usually use the written form to set out my thoughts and then try to debunk or reinforce my beliefs (biases) with some research.
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2017 @ 11:28 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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This week, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-introduced the Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA), legislation that would restore accountability to the regulatory process and ensure proper judicial review, empowering the courts-not agencies-to interpret all questions of law, including both statut
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2017 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today is December 22, 2016, the second shortest day of the year, one day removed from the Winter solstice, and three things are certain.
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 5:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Famed literary critic George Steiner once said that cultural knowledge allows one to "resist" and that "no one can make a zombie of you if you carry [cultural knowledge] inside of you."
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 7:13 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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I am writing this letter to urge all those who have registered with anyone conducting a voter registration drive, whether it be someone outside Walmart or on a college campus or anywhere else.
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 6:21 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The United States has grown far too large to still be considered a "republican form of government" as guaranteed under Article IV. The question is this: How do we get this form of self-government back?
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Information technology has disrupted so many industries and human activities that everyone expected it would disrupt education as well.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2016 @ 11:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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In its decision of June 27, the Supreme Court upheld the artificial standard it created for abortion access in Planned Parenthood v. Casey and struck a blow to the Right to Life movement.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2016 @ 9:48 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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In recent weeks, conservative legal scholar Kurt Lash and libertarian legal scholar Damon Root have treated readers to a lively online debate about how best to interpret Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, which reads
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 1:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An amendment to replace the States' influence in the federal government since the 17th Amendment was adopted.
Published: Sunday, July 26th, 2015 @ 6:14 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Thomas Jefferson wondered how the country would respond in the case its government passed a law that was clearly unconstitutional.
Published: Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ 5:11 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Over the course of the last two weeks, conservative legal scholar Kurt Lash and libertarian legal scholar Damon Root have treated readers to a lively online debate about how best to interpret Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, which reads...
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 1:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The term “Founding Fathers” of the United States includes many great and courageous and wisely forward-thinking men.
Published: Saturday, July 4th, 2015 @ 3:59 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Original documents should play an important role in American history education. That's the approach from Roger Beckett, executive director of the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University. Beckett explained his preference for original historical documents over textbooks during a recent presentation...
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2015 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We seem to be like little kids these days obsessing over entertainment more than understanding. This article states is well from all sides with plenty of links to prove their point
Published: Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 @ 12:18 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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There is a significant pattern emerging here with Beaufort County Commissioner Don Cox: accuse your opponent of outrageous failings and then become that guy yourself.
Published: Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 @ 10:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the original 13 states came together to discuss the possibility of establishing a confederacy, at the urging of Benjamin Franklin ("Join or Die"), they did so with a great deal of hope, but also a great deal of trepidation.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 6:16 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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I watched most of the State of the Union Address; some of you watched all of it, most of you watched none of it, which, in this case, is most understandable.
Published: Thursday, January 30th, 2014 @ 12:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mark Levin, who wrote an excellent book "The Liberty Amendments" to urge states to call for an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments to restore the federal government back to some sort of constitutional limits, calls Nullifiers "kooks."
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 @ 11:58 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Government in the United States includes the understanding of three terms: Self-government, sovereignty, and social compact. Sovereignty is the inherent and independent right to do all that is necessary to govern oneself.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 1:42 am
By: Diane Rufino
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