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Why Josiah Bartlett held New Hampshire’s vote for independence to the last moment
In 1776, Josiah Bartlett really could’ve used a good cell phone plan. Stuck in sweltering Philadelphia as July crawled ever closer on the calendar, the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy’s namesake Founding Father was…
Another small business falls to Seattle’s failed crime policies
The closure of Aluel Cellars’ Capitol Hill tasting room is more than the loss of Seattle’s only winery in the neighborhood. It is another data point in a troubling pattern plaguing the city. Seattle’s progressive criminal…
The Last Living Signer’s “Best Earthly Inheritance”
On the 50th anniversary of America’s Independence, the Declaration’s last living signer, Charles Carroll, left a final message every generation still needs to hear. Two hundred fifty years ago this July 4, the world received…
The Last Living Signer’s “Best Earthly Inheritance”
On the 50th anniversary of America’s Independence, the Declaration’s last living signer, Charles Carroll, left a final message every generation still needs to hear. Two hundred fifty years ago this July 4, the world received…
When the Unthinkable Became Reality — The American Experiment Embraced – Mackinac Center
MIDLAND, Mich. — The Mackinac Center is debuting a short film to mark the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. “The Overton Window & The American Revolution,” examines how the American experiment transformed from a…
Land use for proposed new solar, natural gas plants
Two recently proposed power plants illustrate the stark difference in land use and efficiency in power generation. On June 17, the North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a special-use permit to a proposed solar…
The world came to America. Here’s what it reminded us about our farms.
As millions of fans around the world tune in to the World Cup and travelers pour into the United States, they are experiencing far more than football, ahem soccer. They are discovering American communities, food, culture, and…
Texas’ app-store law is giving parents more control of kids’ phones
I recently had to explain Apple Pay to my parents. They love it now, but getting there required patience, repetition and a fair amount of starting over. We ended the way those sessions usually end, with them saying: “That’s…
A Lasting Legacy of Freedom
When George Wythe died in 1806, he left his small library of books to his dear friend and former pupil Thomas Jefferson. It was, he wrote in his will, “the most valuable to him of anything which I have power to bestow.” Yet…
What’s 222 times 8?
One day when I was boy learning how to do multiplication, my mother asked me, “What’s 222 times 8?” I thought about it for a second and realized it would be too hard to do in my head, so I wrote it down. I came up with the…
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