Paul Gottfried's recent Pope Center essay The Academy Now and Then raises important issues regarding whether today's campus permits the expression of unpopular ideas. He argues that campus life was far more open when he began his academic career in the 1960s than it is in today's PC-dominated world.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 10:29 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Bratwurst, Leica cameras, BMW automobiles, Beck's beer, and so on - great German imports to the U.S. Few people realize that our educational system was also imported from Germany. Unlike those fine products, however, the 19th century educational concepts we imported from Germany are not working...
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 4:51 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Republicanism is a term for beliefs that have defined the American political experiment. In particular, republicanism stems from a form a government where the people are sovereign. In such a government, virtuous and autonomous citizens must exercise self-control for the common good.
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2013 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is no small irony that Republicans want to investigate left-leaning groups, because for years it was the other way around.
Published: Sunday, October 13th, 2013 @ 8:46 am
By: Tom Campbell
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This amendment likely violates individual due process and equal protection guarantees, in addition to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 @ 1:07 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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History teaches us that the Ku Klux Klan was a violent organization aimed at terrorizing and intimidating former slaves. They operated as a secret society - a bunch of cowards with white gowns and masks, often carrying guns and a noose.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 1:01 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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"I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored. I am merely a fragment of the Great Soul that surges within the boundaries. My country, right or wrong." -- Zora Neale Hurston.
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2012 @ 4:33 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Arthur Smith of Durham hopes Senate Bill 655, a measure placing tighter restrictions on dental service organizations, doesn't become law.
Published: Saturday, June 9th, 2012 @ 5:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I often receive interesting articles that I don't publish, but can't bring myself to discard. Some months ago, I received a missive written by a Pakistani Muslim that was a veritable "prayer for peace," which was encouraging in this world of real Muslim xenophobia and bigotry, so I saved it.
Published: Monday, April 9th, 2012 @ 5:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Americans for Prosperity Foundation – North Carolina (AFPF-NC) and the John William Pope Civitas Institute, the partners behind NC Real Solutions, today responded to Governor Beverly Perdue’s criticisms of their new television ad.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 1:44 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Eastern North Carolina Tea Party groups are coordinating efforts to have a presence in the halls and hearing sessions of the General Assembly every day it is in session.
Published: Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 @ 4:04 pm
By: BCN
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