Freedom Focus
Legislative oversight protects liberties, saves taxpayer money, and maintains constitutional balance
A recent oversight hearing in the North Carolina House provided fireworks, but it also made an honest assessment of problems in Mecklenburg County and took steps towards addressing them Legislative oversight maintains the…
What is the role of a think tank?
Nonprofit think tanks serve a distinct role in public life by advancing enduring ideas and principled analysis — rather than engaging in partisan politics or short-term electoral strategy By educating both lawmakers and the…
North Carolina’s Declaration of Rights
North Carolina prioritized individual rights over government power, adopting its Declaration of Rights before ratifying its first constitution, to ensure that liberty constrained government from the outset The Declaration…
How socialism nearly starved out America’s first settlements
A growing proportion of Americans, especially young adults, have a “favorable” view of socialism The very first settlements in America, Jamestown and Plymouth, adopted socialist precepts and wound up suffering socialist…
Liberalism, conservatism, and America’s vocabulary problem
The term “liberal” has lost its original meaning Instead of representing progressives or Democrats favoring big government, the term is a reference to liberty Properly understood, liberalism and conservatism are mutually…
Be like Charlie
Charlie Kirk exemplified the virtues that support a free and democratic society: humility, tolerance, and a commitment to civil, rational debate His killer exemplified the vices that have repeatedly destroyed such societies:…
Liberty demands a lovely country
Support for the use of violence to quell free speech is on the rise among university students Disillusioned by debt, inflation, and cultural decay, a generation is losing faith in free expression and civic virtue Renewing…
Government efforts to equalize income are unjustified
Those who support using government force to equalize income have the burden of proof to justify their view Unless actual acts of injustice are causing income differences, government intervention is unwarranted Where…
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