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December 15 marks a very special day in our founding history - On that date in 1791, the first 14 states (Vermont had just been admitted to the Union as the 14th state), ratified the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, known collectively as our Bill of Rights.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On September 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia concluded. 39 of the 55 delegates to the Convention signed the final product, including its primary author, James Madison, and its eldest member, Benjamin Franklin.
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 @ 10:49 am
By: Diane Rufino
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It began with the short lived DNC's (Democrat National Committee's) email scandal, swept under the media rug by the owned Democrat press, which, oddly, was blamed on the Russians and Donald Trump.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 12:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It began, remarkably enough, as the national political convention that would be normal, far out-distancing the abnormality of the Republican national convention, one week earlier, where the luminaries of past presidents and political competitors did not show up to nominate Donald J. Trump.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 2:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With the events occurring last week in Cleveland, Ohio, during the Republican National Convention and then this week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the Democrat's already controversial convention
Published: Wednesday, July 27th, 2016 @ 10:18 am
By: Jim Kouri
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As chaos in the Democratic presidential primary intensifies and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders continue to duke it out, it's clear Democrats will be ready for an all-out brawl in Philadelphia. To preview the rumble ahead at the Democratic National Convention, the North Carolina Republican...
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 1:51 am
By: Chris Downey
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During the 1787-89 debates over ratifying the U.S. Constitution, for example, North Carolina's population was divided over the necessity of a new constitution and what became known as the Bill of Rights.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A few weeks ago, I was identifying to some friends the various founders in an online photo of Howard Chandler Christy's famous painting, Signing of the Constitution of the United States.
Published: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013 @ 6:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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