Culture and Society

Dignity and opportunity for every human being, no matter one’s background, zip code, race, creed, economic circumstance, or ideology. It’s what we seek through our work at the John Locke Foundation. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words and voice remind us that injustice is real and that we each…

As the new U.S. Congress begins its work, Pew Research Center has created an interesting graphic to illustrate the religious makeup of the body. (see below). While about a quarter (26%) of U.S. adults are religiously unaffiliated – describing themselves as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” – just…

Even discounting the impact of the Great Recession and the devastating COVID-19 business shutdowns like those imposed by Gov. Roy Cooper, it is startling to see the trend among 20-somethings, detailed in the chart below by Pew Research. In 1960, 29% lived with their parents, but the trend is…

Joshua Lawson reminds us in a Federalist column that the changing calendar didn’t flip a magical switch. A better 2021 requires effort. [W]hile there’s no iron-clad guarantee that 2021 will be great, every one of us can contribute to the effort to realize a redemptive year filled with…

Innovation leads to opportunity. And opportunity leads to prosperity. That’s why I’m forever reminding fellow free marketers that we should lift up and showcase innovators and their impact on our lives. In my household, innovators are driving me onto streaming platforms and out of traditional TV and — with a…

Julie Havlak of Carolina Journal Online reviews the week in N.C. politics. Ray Nothstine’s Daily Journal focuses on voluntary charity’s superiority to government coercion.