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All economies are planned, the conflict is between who gets to make the plans: individuals or a centralized few
Published: Sunday, October 1st, 2023 @ 7:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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saying the quiet part out loud
Published: Monday, June 19th, 2023 @ 9:17 am
By: John Steed
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The long-anticipated 2022 math and reading scores from National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) have been released. As expected, the NAEP scores, commonly known as the nation’s report card, were not good.
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 @ 8:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One man tyrannizing the whole society is no less unjust than the many tyrannizing the few under the guise of “the common good.”
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 9:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Politics is hyper partisan. Government is dysfunctional. People have lost faith that elected officials work for the common good.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 @ 11:47 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Over the past two weeks, a fascinating intellectual conflict has broken out on the Right over pornography, of all things.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 @ 3:05 am
By: Daily Wire
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The 2016 election cycle is one of the wildest and strangest we've seen, especially the presidential contests. In recent days these campaigns have raised interesting questions about protest and disruption.
Published: Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 @ 4:00 am
By: Tom Campbell
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When we speak about "academic freedom" what, exactly, do we mean? How far should academic freedom extend? How do we know when someone claiming it has actually abused it?
Published: Monday, January 26th, 2015 @ 6:17 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Earlier this month the News & Observer ran three opinion pieces on Common Core State Standards. Find them here, here and here. The authors are respected and accomplished individuals, which makes it all the more surprising that they would defend Common Core with arguments that are silly and...
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 5:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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Government is nothing more than a social contract. An essential function of government is to provide infrastructure for the common good that is too costly, too big or impractical for individuals to undertake themselves.
Published: Saturday, May 11th, 2013 @ 7:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Along with most other states, North Carolina is in the process of adopting new Common Core national standards for reading and mathematics. The good news is that the Common Core is much better than North Carolina's previously reading and math standards.
Published: Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government regulatory agencies, environmentalists, liberal politicians, courts and proponents of the "common good" have worked hard during the past 30 years to make property rights less important if not eliminate them all together where they could.
Published: Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 @ 12:23 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The common method in these scams is the caller's need for the victim to wire money as soon as possible to help a relative. These con artists are taking advantage of our citizens' good nature.
Published: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 @ 12:04 pm
By: BCN
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