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The Carolina Journal team will share insights and predictions for the 2022 elections at upcoming Shaftesbury
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 @ 2:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's economic and budget pictures look much better today than they did a few years ago.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's criminal code is 55 percent larger than Virginia's and 38 percent larger than South Carolina's, and the Tar Heel State has created nearly three dozen new crimes each year over the past six years.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 @ 4:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Craft breweries and wineries in North Carolina can sell their products to people who take a tour of their facilities. Senate Bill 24 would allow distilleries to follow suit.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Phil Kirk has seen nine N.C. governors in action, from his days as a student Republican Club leader, state senator, two-time cabinet chief, chief of staff to two governors and a U.S. senator, chairman of the State Board of Education, head of North Carolina's largest business group, lobbyist, and...
Published: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 7:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The John Locke Foundation will focus on freedom as it monitors activity within the N.C. General Assembly in 2015. JLF Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray delivered that message Monday.
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 4:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Many people choose not to vote. Laws that benefit only limited special interests are incredibly hard to kill. Government tends to grow, even when voters elect officials who promise fiscal restraint.
Published: Monday, November 10th, 2014 @ 1:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's "simply, absolutely absurd" to accept a consultant's projections of new business that would result from expanding Raleigh's city-owned convention center. That's the assessment of a university professor who has studied convention centers across the country.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recent events in Ukraine have boosted national interest in nearby Moldova, one of the N.C. National Guard's two partner states. The coordinator of the Guard's State Partnership Program discussed Moldova's challenges during today's John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society meeting.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Marketing expert McNeilly applies business lessons to Republicans' goal
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2013 @ 4:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More than 20 years after she left office, the late Margaret Thatcher's name still evokes strong positive and negative reactions in Great Britain and around the world.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2013 @ 3:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you've spent any time learning about pirates, you've likely heard of Blackbeard. Author Kevin Duffus says what you think you know about Blackbeard might be very different...
Published: Sunday, April 21st, 2013 @ 5:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During World War II, the Nazis stole 22 million works of art. Those works included great masterpieces of European painting, sculpture, literature, and music. But a small group called Monuments Men worked to track down...
Published: Sunday, March 17th, 2013 @ 1:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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he John Locke Foundation Cordially invites you to Shaftesbury Society Luncheon with our special guest, Dr. John Staddon - Duke University: James B Duke Professor of Psychology and Professor of Biology
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 @ 6:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I've been researching the topic for several months, as part of a book project, and have come across a number of fascinating historical figures who deserve to be better known to North Carolinians.
Published: Thursday, October 4th, 2012 @ 6:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Advances in military technology have made it easier for the United States to use unmanned drone aircraft to target enemies.
Published: Saturday, August 4th, 2012 @ 12:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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