“I NO sooner perceived myself in the world,” wrote English philosopher John Locke, “than I found myself in a storm.” Locke was referring to the maelstrom of religious fanaticism and intolerance that ...

By Donna King Carolina Journal As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, it’s worth revisiting the philosopher whose ideas made that revolution possible, and ...

One way to sum up postwar American politics is to say that conservatives try to stop liberals from breaking the liberals’ own rules. The “rules” in this formulation are those of liberalism in the ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. Arguably no philosopher had a greater influence ...

This English philosopher had a hand in two of the greatest political revolutions for human freedom in world history. That’s a legacy worth recalling this July 4. Ten years before the American ...

A more direct rebuke to the supposedly divine and exclusive origins of the Church of England—or any other national church—could hardly be conceived. At the same time, Locke’s reputation as a radical ...