4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (408+ words) Casey Chalk writes for the Federalist about one way to boost civic virtue. Americans don't read literature much any more. According to a You Gov survey, 40 percent of adults did not read a single book last year and the median…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (367+ words) What follows is one of the great "Did You Knows" of history. Two of America's Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both died on July 4, 1826 " 50 years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. At the time, America was…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (154+ words) Charles Cooke of National Review Online expresses his love for his adopted country. Well, to hell with all that. I'm going to jump around and shout my appreciation. I love this country. I think that it is, hands down, the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (408+ words) Scott Winship counters a popular misconception about the American middle class. It's a common refrain: The middle class is hollowing out; Americans overall are increasingly falling short financially while a few are getting exceedingly rich. There's even a scoreboard of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (687+ words) As we get closer to the 250th celebration of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, it's important to go back and explore the roots of the document. Much of the Declaration's language of freedom that flowed from the pen of Thomas…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (345+ words) Jon Levine writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a notable absence from a significant New York City parade. There was no love lost on Sunday for Zohran Mamdani, who became the first New York City mayor to skip the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (454+ words) Daniel Cox, Jae Grace, and Avery Shields report disturbing new information about Americans and their neighbors. As Americans spend more of their time online, the neighborhood'once a primary physical location for real-world socialization'is playing less of a central role than…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago  (228+ words) John Hinderaker writes for the Powerline blog about bad news for supporters of socialism. The Wall Street Journal reports that our administration's pressure on Venezuela is bringing Cuba's Communist regime to the brink of collapse. Two birds with one stone,…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (266+ words) A story within North Carolina's historic preservation movement NC250 Essay Contest Winner As part of the John Locke Foundation's NC250: Freedom's Vanguard initiative, this essay contest invited students, scholars, historians, and writers to explore North Carolina's pivotal role in the American Revolution…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1677+ words) As part of the John Locke Foundation's NC250: Freedom's Vanguard initiative, this essay contest invited students, scholars, historians, and writers to explore North Carolina's pivotal role in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. The project highlights the…...