• John Locke Update

    Restoring Humane Virtues In Students’ Thanksgiving Lessons

    posted November 21, 2019 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    In recent years, public school teachers have been encouraged to address conflicts between colonists and American Indians in their Thanksgiving Day lessons.  For educators who choose to deliver a lesson…
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    Meatless Meat: A Miracle of the Market

    posted November 20, 2019 by Joseph Coletti
    Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are the most notable entrants in the race to make a meat substitute that acts like meat but is made entirely from plants.
  • John Locke Update

    Health Care in the New World

    posted November 19, 2019 by Jordan Roberts
    Thanksgiving is a time that we gather with friends and family to give thanks for our blessings and good fortune. One of the most important things that we can give…
  • John Locke Update

    The Unintended Consequences of Franksgiving

    posted November 18, 2019 by Jon Sanders
    In 1946, a journalist knew economics. That journalist was Henry Hazlitt, one of the 20th century’s most influential economic thinkers. That year was when he published a book called…
  • John Locke Update

    How Early American Socialism Nearly Starved Thanksgiving

    posted November 15, 2018 by Jon Sanders
    Reportedly, Americans are more interested in socialism now. How much that is actually true, I don’t know. Media political reporting today contains so much projection, it’s hard to tell. Also,…
  • John Locke Update

    Thankful for North Carolina Farmers

    posted November 15, 2018 by Joseph Coletti
    It is hard to imagine what would be on tables this Thanksgiving if it were not for North Carolina farmers. Because of expanding supplies of both turkeys and sweet potatoes,…
  • John Locke Update

    Why Are We Running Out of Tuna, But Not Turkeys?

    posted November 15, 2018 by Dr. Roy Cordato
    In the United States, there are between 45 and 46 million turkeys killed each year by profit-seeking farmers for consumption at Thanksgiving dinners around the country. In total, about 245…
  • John Locke Update

    Thanksgiving in the Public Schools

    posted November 15, 2018 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    You may remember celebrating Thanksgiving by tracing your hand to create the outline of a turkey and hearing the story of the harvest meal celebrated by Pilgrims and American Indians…

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