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There are many people who overlook the brilliance of the US Constitution. They argue that it is outdated and unfit to adequately govern such a modern nation as ours in the 21st century.
Published: Friday, July 4th, 2025 @ 4:41 am
By: Diane Rufino
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If we look back on our grade school education, we remember being taught the very fundamentals of what went on at the Constitutional Convention.
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2024 @ 7:40 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Happy Anniversary America !! This year, 2011, celebrates 218 years since the British signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783, formally abandoning any claims to the United States.
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2024 @ 7:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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My recent column about North Carolina’s “First in Freedom” claim established the events leading up to the Revolutionary War. But now, as legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey frequently said, you’re going to hear “the rest of the story.”
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 11:26 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson endorsed former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign during an Iowa rally on Sunday.
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 11:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A Virginia college has continued to erase Revolutionary War-era figures from campus to be “more inclusive,” including a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 @ 8:06 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) showed up on Saturday to greet President Joe Biden donned in basketball shorts and a hoodie during the president’s visit to Pennsylvania.
Published: Monday, July 10th, 2023 @ 2:01 pm
By: Daily Wire
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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen – not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else.” — C.S. Lewis
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2023 @ 2:39 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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I’m a long-time activist. I started a Tea Party group in 2009 in my area of North Carolina and have been running it ever since.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 5:48 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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It is, as Ronald Reagan so eloquently put it in the campaign speech he delivered on October 27, 1964 in support of Republican presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater. That memorable speech has been titled
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 6:43 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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When I talk to folks about the Constitution, I usually comment that “the Constitution holds all the answers to the problems that are plaguing us as a country,” and as a republic.
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2022 @ 12:03 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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62% of voters say NO to socialist document
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 @ 10:22 am
By: John Steed
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N.C. legislative leaders argue that state courts' decision to throw out a congressional election map is "irreconcilable" with the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 6:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Supreme Court has opened Pandora’s box with their 4-3 decision on Voter ID. In Greek mythology Pandora’s curiosity led her to open a container entrusted to her husband, unleashing what we today call “a can of worms.”
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2022 @ 8:46 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Israel and the United States, though two of the most advanced countries in the world, have much to learn from the other’s example, according to Daily Wire co-founder and Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro.
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 @ 3:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Lately, I’ve been thinking about the word balance. We refer to a well-balanced life as one with equilibrium between work, family and recreation.
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2022 @ 7:15 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Five state employees with 45 years of public service have been honored with the 2022 Richard Caswell Award.
Published: Friday, April 29th, 2022 @ 7:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Former President Mike Pence criticized former President Donald Trump during a speech at The Federalist Society on Friday for claiming that Pence could have overturned the results of the 2020 election.
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 @ 3:17 am
By: Daily Wire
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To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught how to use them.
Published: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 @ 10:02 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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When The Associated Press and other news organizations asked North Carolina voters for their perspectives on the just-concluded 2020 elections, there was no shortage of disagreement.
Published: Saturday, November 28th, 2020 @ 7:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This week we are celebrating the signing of the U.S. Constitution, our nation’s governing document.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2020 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It’s not difficult to find bad policy examples from government-enacted lockdowns due to coronavirus, yet virtually none are worse than the idea of the federal government bailing out the states.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 3:10 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In a recent piece published in The American Spectator, I made the case that despite an abundance of spending on civic education in public schools, the government is failing in this endeavor.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 11:03 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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There’s no question that Donald Trump defies precedents set by prior presidents. With or without Trump, American partisan political divisions appear as stark today as anyone can remember.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 8:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Over the past few weeks, the stories of how visibly Orthodox Jews have been getting physically assaulted with regularity on the streets of New York have finally broken through
Published: Friday, January 24th, 2020 @ 5:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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When the American people were debating whether to adopt our Constitution, North Carolina (a hotbed of anti-federalism) took the lead in ensuring the document was amended to include a bill of rights.
Published: Monday, January 20th, 2020 @ 6:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In an exclusive interview, a scholar of history sheds light on the Founders' intentions for this extreme move — and their worries
Published: Monday, December 23rd, 2019 @ 4:41 pm
By: LifeZette
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The title of this piece pays homage to Karl Popper’s great work of political philosophy, The Open Society and Its Enemies.
Published: Saturday, September 21st, 2019 @ 3:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The case District of Columbia v. Heller is the landmark Supreme Court case decided in 2008, and written by the late great conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, which finally looked at the roots and origins of the Second Amendment.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 @ 11:49 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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