History

Brent Scher of the Washington Free Beacon reports on a rare celebration of the U.S. Constitution’s anniversary. Nobody, as far as I know, gets off from work to observe Constitution Day. It’s yet to be honored with a “doodle” from Google, which both this year and the last…

Peter Hasson of the Daily Caller highlights the latest example of the push to airbrush history. Dallas Independent School District included schools named after three of America’s Founding Fathers on a list of schools that the district is exploring renaming. The DISD administration has already recommended renaming four…

Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on the process that will lead to appointment of a new senior resident Wake County superior court judge. That job has importance for future state court fights involving constitutional challenges and redistricting. Lindsay Marchello reports the latest developments in a court…

Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon delivers important news to those who believe climate change is responsible for Hurricane Harvey. While media outlets are suggesting climate change is to blame for exacerbating Hurricane Harvey’s conditions, a much worse hurricane hit Texas more than a century ago—before Americans…

The 17th-century British philosopher John Locke is known for his major political influence on the American Founders. He’s less known as an early advocate of principles that have become part of modern economics. In commemoration of Locke’s 385th birthday, Duke University professor Michael Munger highlighted Locke’s economic thought during a…

John Fund of National Review Online focuses on heated debate involving the future of Confederate monuments. In The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the historian Edward Gibbon notes that in its latter stages, Roman citizens were fond of vandalizing or removing monuments to an unpopular leader.

Kyle Smith of National Review Online reacts to the disturbing news from Durham. The orgiastic glee with which protesters tore down, then beat up, a century-old monument to a generic Confederate soldier in Durham, N.C., this week was alarming. The mob seemed to have lost control of itself.

Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the toppling of a Confederate statue on government-owned property in Durham. Kokai offered these comments during an Aug. 15, 2017, appearance on Spectrum News’ “Capital Tonight.”…