George Washington once warned: "If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 1:08 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Everyone seems to be talking about fake news these days. Enabled by social media, its originators deal in hoaxes and disinformation
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 @ 9:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This article is to remind folks of the loss of freedom we suffered at the hands of President Obama and his administration with the unconstitutional and universal healthcare scheme he misrepresented and then forced on the American people.
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 10:43 am
By: Diane Rufino
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In what had once been a land of opportunity and progress, the state had grown large and oppressive. Its leaders lost their way. Its people nearly lost their freedom
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2017 @ 4:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chaplain Alliance, Christian Legal Society file friend-of-the-court brief.
Published: Friday, February 3rd, 2017 @ 11:33 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Orange County Commissioner Barry Jacobs says the county has a duty to help Americans lose weight and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, so he wants to preserve a drive-thru business window ban
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 5:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) welcomed news that the remaining 280 Iranian dissidents housed at Camp Liberty in Iraq have been safely relocated to Albania
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 @ 3:49 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty is voicing disappointment in the opinion released late last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces concerning the court-martial of Marine Lance Cpl. Monifa Sterling
Published: Tuesday, August 16th, 2016 @ 3:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Even though N.C. legislators left Raleigh on July 1, much earlier than in recent memory, the General Assembly had enough time to enact positive policy reforms
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2016 @ 12:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Like many, I enjoyed the July 4th cookouts, relaxation with family, friends and fireworks, but it was also a time for remembrances and reflection.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 @ 6:47 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Houston! We have a problem. Well, actually it's not just Houston. It's Atlanta, New York, Philly, Detroit, LA, Portland, Miami, and every single city, town, village, and hamlet in the USA.
Published: Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 @ 6:04 am
By: Rod Eccles
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In a surprise move, the actual elected chairman of the state Republican Party resurfaced to comment on the issues we raised in yesterday's post on the upcoming NCGOP convention.
Published: Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 @ 1:37 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Our Founding Fathers remind us that that the Constitution was subordinate to the Principles and Rights enshrined in our Declaration of Independence. The Individual trumps government.
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2016 @ 3:47 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) took to the Senate floor to criticize the Obama Administration's lack of support for Camp Liberty, a former U.S. military installation in Baghdad that now houses approximately 2,300 Iranian political refugees who oppose the totalitarian Islamic Republic of Iran.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:36 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Recently, I have been thinking about life...and death. My father passed away back in August of this year and it has shaken me to my core.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:43 am
By: Rod Eccles
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West Liberty University (WLU) is the oldest college in West Virginia's state supported higher ed system. I have taught there since 2007 and was promoted to full professor last year
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 6:13 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Georgia governor Nathan Dean announced the plans to erect a monument to MLK at historic Stone Mountain, Ga. It has been fifty two years since MLK made that his "I have a dream" speech and I am afraid that race relations in this country have slipped into an entrenched standoff of "us vs them mentalit
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?
Published: Sunday, October 18th, 2015 @ 5:56 am
By: Diane Rufino
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As part of his remarks while visiting the White House on his first day in the United States, Pope Francis made a strong plea on behalf of religious liberty, which he specifically directed at President Obama. This came shortly before he made an unscheduled visit with the Little Sisters of the Poor...
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 3:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The political left is relying more and more on manufactured outrage to shut down debate on a range of political topics. That's the warning delivered in the book End Of Discussion, and it's the message the book's authors shared Monday with a John Locke Foundation audience.
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 1:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday the political discussion shows of Sunday morning were consumed with THE FIRST DEBATE scheduled for Thursday this week.
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2015 @ 2:53 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Americans often complain about executive overreach or congressional encroachment on individual liberties.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 9:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recent months, headlines on religious liberty across the nation have referred almost exclusively to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) - both the federal version passed in 1993 and various state versions, or "mini" RFRAs, that have been passed since 1997. These laws, whether enacted...
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2015 @ 4:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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And to kick off the celebrations, over at the Liberty and Law blog Justin Lyons has posted an interesting discussion of Winston Churchill's views on the Great Charter and its role in British and American history. Lyons illustrates his discussion with many stirring quotations from Churchill's...
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2015 @ 7:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory appeared on WFNC radio in Fayetteville Thursday morning and reiterated his effort to prevent North Carolina from being swept into the political maelstrom that engulfed Indiana and Arkansas over religious freedom and gay rights.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 9:47 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced today he is co-sponsoring the American Liberty Restoration Act and the American Job Protection Act to lessen the negative impact President Obama’s health care law will have on American families and small businesses.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 1:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We have a most important matter before our governing officials.
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 8:47 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Diane Rufino did a rewrite of this resolution for the Pitt County Commissioners that had already passed muster with the Brunswick County Commissioners. I made a few changes to reflect Beaufort County's concerns.
Published: Monday, July 28th, 2014 @ 10:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Good constitutional structures are necessary, but not sufficient, to protect the American system of government. The nation needs civic virtue as well. That's the argument Robert George put forward in the 2014 John W. Pope Lecture at N.C. State University. George is McCormick professor of...
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 8:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On April 14th Grass Roots North Carolina (GRNC) released recommendations by its political action committee, GRNC-PVF (Political Victory Fund), for NC candidates running in 2014 based on their voting record and responses to a questionnaire.
Published: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 @ 7:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mattie Lawson, a candidate running for NC House in District 6, has won the endorsement of the Republican Liberty Caucus of North Carolina.
Published: Friday, March 28th, 2014 @ 11:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina will be challenged to support a convention of states to amend the U.S. constitution. You need to understand both side of this issue.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mark Levin, who wrote an excellent book "The Liberty Amendments" to urge states to call for an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments to restore the federal government back to some sort of constitutional limits, calls Nullifiers "kooks."
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 @ 11:58 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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