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Leslie Winner

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Leslie Winner, an attorney, formerly served as a state senator, general counsel for the University of North Carolina, and executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. 

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Building a Politics of Deliberation in the Tarheel State

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November 28, 2025
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Civitas Outlook
American Immortals

Unlike other abolitionists, though, Douglass never lost his faith in the American Founding. Indeed, he believed that the fundamental premises of our republic were the very principles that could save her from this moral crisis.

Michael Lucchese

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February 27, 2026

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The False Equivalence of Multicultural Day

Parents have an affirmative obligation to reinforce patriotic values and counter the narratives that are taught in school.

Josh Blackman

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February 26, 2026

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