According to a recent Gallup poll, 57 percent of Democratic voters view socialism positively, more than the 47 percent who view capitalism positively. If that sounds utterly bonkers to you, join the club
Published: Saturday, August 25th, 2018 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class.
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 2:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Freedom of the press and the freedom to operate in a free and open market is critical to maintaining the ideals of liberty and democracy
Published: Monday, May 7th, 2018 @ 12:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a News & Observer article last week, a faculty member expressed concerns about UNC-Chapel Hill being “overwhelmingly liberal.”
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2018 @ 2:10 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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On Tuesday, The Washington Post ran an op-ed from Elizabeth Bruenig touting the possibilities of a new economic system in the United States: socialism
Published: Friday, March 9th, 2018 @ 3:52 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Monday, CNN paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. in a bizarre post that suggested his wisdom led to socialism and environmentalism, rather than to racial reconciliation
Published: Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018 @ 10:11 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The sober realization is that socialism is still challenging freedom - even with the irrefutable mountain of evidence of its abject failure and toll on humans everywhere it has been tried
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2018 @ 4:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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NBC has fallen so far as a credible news source that it must now endure their brand damage to the irrevocable point that the Fake News descriptor sticks to that once venerable company like glue.
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 @ 1:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In his latest article, Ron Eccles discusses Liberal meltdowns and how these social justice warriors have earned the name: "Snowflakes!"
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2017 @ 11:18 pm
By: Rod Eccles
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After two week of nonstop convention coverage, I thought a brief bit of informative levity would be in order.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 5:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina should abandon what it has been referring to for years as economic development policy and completely refocus its efforts in the area of economic policy on economic growth
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2016 @ 3:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What has always distinguished socialism from other ideologies that advocate for state-dominated economic decision-making (like progressivism and fascism), is that under socialism the government
Published: Monday, May 2nd, 2016 @ 5:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Arguably, the Clintons are the most Capitalistic couple who have ever been in the White House, tax free foundations
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 2:19 am
By: Bobby Tony
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"Animal Colony" is an excellent book to help discredit socialism to young readers and to introduce them to proper notions of freedom.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 8:54 am
By: Diane Rufino
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A thought occurred to me as I was traveling in and around the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. The notion didn't have to do with my location but was instead prompted by the lecture I was listening to on the way.
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2015 @ 9:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Obama's most recent budget makes it clear, the Wall Street Journal says, that while Republicans need his signature "to arrest America's coming fiscal crackup," they're "unlikely to get even the back of his hand."
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 11:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sometimes a book is useful in ways that its author did not intend. That's the case with Why Higher Education Should Have a Leftist Bias by Donald Lazere, a professor emeritus in the English Department at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 11:05 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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I worked in the area of Insurance Estate Tax planning with a Series 6 Securities License as well.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 2:07 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Hidden agendas can be dangerous, particularly when the goal is to influence public opinion with political attacks in the guise of impartial journalism. Recently, a supposedly "independent, not-for-profit news organization" has stepped into the public arena.
Published: Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 @ 5:22 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Every day I drive past a gas station and convenience store, the Grocery Boy Junior on Lake Wheeler Road in Raleigh.
Published: Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 @ 8:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This general election has been heralded as the most important election in 30 years. I surmise that this is the most important election in exactly 32 years.
Published: Thursday, October 18th, 2012 @ 7:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We keep hearing that all we need is for the government to pour more money into the economy for our economic situation to improve.
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2012 @ 8:59 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Socialism has never worked but it is easy to sell to those who refuse to study history which is why progressives use academia as their base of operations. I'm willing to bet that "Animal Farm" and "1984" are no longer recommended reading in today's high schools.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 11:46 am
By: Alicia Colon
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Conservatives can win - but only if they understand that winning the debate means understanding that the real clash "is a moral fight, not an economic disagreement."
Published: Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 @ 3:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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You'd think they want to snatch your firstborn. I'm talking about the ugly portrait that's been painted of risktakers, innovators, and venture capitalists by politicians, pundits, and the Occupy movement.
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2012 @ 10:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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These two videos, sent to me by contributor George Schryer, express what I've noticed for some time, the seeds of which were sown almost three decades ago.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2012 @ 10:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What has become both a most celebrated, and scorned political movement is now at the level of full accountability to the public.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2011 @ 8:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a free enterprise system a person can only become rich by creating value or improving the lives of others. A person can only become rich by giving people what they want.
Published: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 @ 9:53 am
By: Jeffrey Swann
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The United States of America is forever changed as the Democrat / Socialist Majority passed ObamaCare 219 to 212.
Published: Monday, March 22nd, 2010 @ 12:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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