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What does Independence Day - the 4th of July - mean to you?
Published: Friday, July 4th, 2025 @ 9:37 am
By: Diane Rufino
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"My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died; Land of the Pilgrims' pride, from ev'ry mountainside, Let freedom ring!"
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2024 @ 7:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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politicians to avoid
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 8:55 am
By: John Steed
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Leftist Democrat Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Wednesday that the U.S. needs amnesty for millions of illegal aliens because they do things such as clean our homes and pick our food. Without them, America would be doomed, she argued.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 3:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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According to sources, Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently recruited several Catholic priests to exorcise her home of evil spirits, and as a result, has joined the Republican party.
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 8:31 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Former president George W. Bush wants conservatives to take a softer stance on immigration, and the left-wing media can’t get enough of it.
Published: Friday, April 30th, 2021 @ 7:43 am
By: Daily Wire
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Victor Davis Hanson writes for National Review Online about the work of President Trump’s commission on American history.
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2021 @ 5:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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David Drucker of the Washington Examiner highlights one elected official who is thinking about the post-Trump Republican Party.
Published: Wednesday, November 25th, 2020 @ 1:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with Representative Jeff Van Drew
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2019 @ 5:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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President Trump's desires for the Republican party have serious similarities to those of our sixteenth president.
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2017 @ 1:10 pm
By: Ryan Case
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The United States has grown far too large to still be considered a "republican form of government" as guaranteed under Article IV. The question is this: How do we get this form of self-government back?
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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As I am sure you know, Carolina Journal is the monthly newspaper of the John Locke Foundation. Formed in 1990, the organization is named after the great English political philosopher who penned the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina in 1669 and the English Bill of Rights 20 years later.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 8:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Well, all of you folks who held your nose in the 2014 US Senate race — look at what you got.
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 @ 4:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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If the current calendar of 2016 presidential primaries and caucuses doesn’t change, North Carolina’s late-February contest will be one of the nation’s earliest.
Published: Thursday, February 5th, 2015 @ 7:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two weeks after the start of the 2014-15 fiscal year, the North Carolina House and Senate still haven't reached an agreement on adjusting the state budget.
Published: Thursday, July 17th, 2014 @ 1:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bit of advice before going on Laura Ingraham’s radio program: Put on your Big Boy / Big Girl Pants. (Laura is tough. She throws no softballs, and makes you defend every pause, comma and apostrophe.)
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 8:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the original 13 states came together to discuss the possibility of establishing a confederacy, at the urging of Benjamin Franklin ("Join or Die"), they did so with a great deal of hope, but also a great deal of trepidation.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 6:16 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Former Charlotte TV news anchor and radio talk show host Vince Coakley announced Tuesday that he plans to run as a Republican for the 12th congressional district seat vacated by quasi-Marxist race pimp Mel Watt.
Published: Saturday, February 1st, 2014 @ 2:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Got a flat tire? *Man, if the Democrats still controlled the legislature, that nail would NEVER have been in the road.*
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 @ 12:43 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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One recent Tuesday was Constitution Day - September 17. It marks the day that the Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 concluded and the final draft of Constitution was signed by the delegates who attended.
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2013 @ 9:28 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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McLaurin was also among the first African Americans to serve as a U.S. postmaster in North Carolina. He was appointed postmaster at Warsaw in Duplin County in December 1875.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 @ 6:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nullification is the theory that says that actions of the federal government that are passed, imposed, or exercised in excess or abuse of the express authority granted in the Constitution are not enforceable.
Published: Sunday, July 28th, 2013 @ 8:52 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Gov. Pat McCrory's budget director distanced the Republican chief executive from a proposal to eliminate income taxes in North Carolina and expressed his own "great concerns" with the concept being floated by leading GOP lawmakers.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2013 @ 3:22 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, January 7, 2013.
Published: Saturday, January 5th, 2013 @ 8:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is easy to see how our Founder's were influenced by John Locke when designing our government and drafting our founding documents.
Published: Sunday, November 18th, 2012 @ 1:44 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Jeremy D. Adams, combat veteran, economist, and life-long conservative Republican filed on Friday 2/24 for the North Carolina House District 6.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2012 @ 1:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What does the word "Secession" mean?
Published: Saturday, September 10th, 2011 @ 10:26 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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When I moved to Bath, North Carolina ten months ago I discovered that there were two Republican parties in Beaufort County and three Republican parties in Pitt County.
Published: Friday, April 15th, 2011 @ 9:29 am
By: John Lacava
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