The first step in resolving any conflict or problem is to admit that you have one. Let's admit that we have a race problem. Not only is it divisive, but it is killing us - literally and figuratively - impeding our progress and overall welfare
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2016 @ 8:47 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Much political debate in recent years has focused on income inequality in the United States and what, if anything, the federal government ought to do about it
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2016 @ 7:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Women have made great progress toward equality in the workplace, but much work remains to be done, particularly in achieving work-life balance for both women and men.
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 @ 1:08 pm
By: ECU News Services
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I recently had the honor of speaking in favor of occupational licensing reform before a legislative oversight committee.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 6:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a domain in which the proposed "therapies" are so drastic, it is not too much to ask for a solid, evidence-based statement of who is being treated, for what, and why, before writing a prescription or passing a law.
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2016 @ 10:33 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last week I had the honor of speaking in favor of occupational licensing reform before a legislative oversight committee (you can view my presentation here)...
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2016 @ 5:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is clear, even before the parties' nominees have been selected, that a central feature of this year's presidential election will be an intense debate over growth and equality.
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In Great Britain, as in the United States, a growing moral consensus and a lack of political diversity among faculty and administrators is moving higher education away from the pursuit and transmission of knowledge in favour of the promotion of politically correct values
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 9:56 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Growing up in Fuquay-Varina in the 1960s, Sheilah Cotten's only chance to participate in competitive sports before she entered high school was retrieving foul balls during boys' baseball games.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:45 am
By: ECU News Services
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It's hard to reach the right conclusion when you start with false premises.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, ace Carolina Journal reporter Dan Way brought a fascinating yet frightening UNESCO email to my attention. The organization announced a new campaign that calls on teachers "to become advocates for education to help lobby for progress toward achieving the new sustainable development agenda.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Cochrane (AKA "The Grumpy Economist") has posted a long meditation entitled "Rule of Law and the Regulatory State" in which he makes a very important...
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 @ 12:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One day, Bill Bennett may be best remembered for saying (in 1987, while he was President Reagan's education secretary) that government student aid was largely responsible for the fact that the cost of going to college kept rising. What is called the "Bennett Hypothesis" has been heavily debated
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 @ 10:07 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Left of-center pundits and politicians have spent a lot of time recently bemoaning growing income inequality in the United States. James Piereson, president of the William E. Simon Foundation and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, says the focus on inequality diverts attention from more...
Published: Sunday, February 15th, 2015 @ 10:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed today, August 26, as Women's Equality Day.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 10:19 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Published: Sunday, July 20th, 2014 @ 10:01 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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There are quite a few cases where the new GOP administration in Raleigh has given me heartburn. But the fact that they are standing strong against the lefties and their identity politics games is encouraging.
Published: Sunday, April 7th, 2013 @ 12:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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