Ray Nothstine is editor of the Civitas Institute in Raleigh, North Carolina
Recent Articles by Ray Nothstine
John McCain, the Hanoi Hilton, and public virtue
Sen. John McCain, who passed away on Saturday, is undeniably the most famous prisoner of war held captive and tortured by the North Vietnamese. McCain was one of 591 Americans returned by
Chappaquiddick film goes deeper than politics
It was nearly 50 years ago that an infamous incident finished off the hopes of returning another Kennedy brother to the White House. A film about “Chappaquiddick,” released this month
A ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ for family and civil society
A sad irony is that, since the rise of the federal government’s aggressive war on poverty launched in the 1960s, many of the underlying causes of economic distress have been neglected or
The rapid politicization of religious liberty and natural rights
Political hysteria has reached a crescendo over a very defined and limited ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby with this week’s
Religious liberty versus secular tyranny
James Madison called religious freedom the “lustre of our country” and a guaranteed right elevated above political authority.