If you're more than years old you have likely noticed a major shift in perspective on American history Christopher Columbus was once the great discoverer of America but now is considered a genocidal tyrant thus the push to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day The American founders were once the esteemed framers of the greatest nation in history but now are dismissed as white wealthy slave-holders Even America's war-time sacrifices to stop Nazism and Communism are viewed as imperialistic and profit-motivated Where did this America is evil perspective come from In the last years one man Howard Zinn and [... more]

The COVID- coronavirus pandemic is reshaping lives in North Carolina across the country and around the world The John Locke Foundation is helping N C leaders respond to challenges linked to the pandemic CEO Amy Cooke discusses freedom-forward ideas JLF is promoting to help the state She also assesses the impact on people's wallets job opportunities and plans for the future Ohio University economics professor Richard Vedder has spent more than five decades teaching in college classrooms He's had a front-row view of higher education's problems Vedder discusses his concerns in the recent book Restoring the Promise During a recent [... more]

Voters in two N C congressional districts headed to the polls for special elections this week Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes results from the special rd District and th District races Henderson looks ahead to possible implications for Republicans and Democrats running in Political polarization has had major effects on American political life Thomas Cushman professor of sociology at Wellesley College and a - visiting research fellow at Wake Forest examines the impact of polarization on support for free speech Cushman says surveys show that young people divide on ideological grounds over whether to give precedence to inclusion and [... more]

North Carolina public school students saw gains in the past year in both Advanced Placement courses and SAT scores Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research examines the data Stoops explains whether the latest numbers represent unqualified good news The Trump administration has talked about achieving energy dominance Daniel Fine associate director of the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy and senior policy analyst for the New Mexico State Department of Energy Minerals and Natural Resources assesses the Trump team's proposals Fine explains whether the United States is capable of meeting those goals Among the ideas the University [... more]