To request additional information about a news story, please contact Lindsay Hollandsworth at (704) 233-1776, ext. 8.
-
April 10, 2013From the News & Observer By Mary Cornatzer —mcornatzer@newsobserver.com@newsobserver.com Jesse Helms and Maggie Thatcher formed their own mutual admiration society. Helms, who represented North Carolina in the U.S. Senate for 30 years, once called her “the greatest prime minister in Great … Continue reading
-
April 10, 2013This week, WBTV visited the Jesse Helms Center to cover the friendship that Thatcher and Helms built while she was still a minority member of the House of Commons and he was a junior Senator from North Carolina. Watch their … Continue reading
-
April 8, 2013The Jesse Helms Center joins the world in mourning the loss of the Lady Margaret Thatcher today, one of the most notable freedom fighters of our lifetime. Her endless fight for conservative principles in the United Kingdom attracted the attention … Continue reading
-
March 1, 2013In January, the Jesse Helms Center marked the start of its year-long celebration, honoring its 25 years of commitment to promoting traditional American values and the principles upon which our nation was founded- values that Senator Helms himself fought so … Continue reading
-
February 5, 2013The nationally recognized Free Enterprise Leadership Challenge, a flagship program of the Jesse Helms Center since 1995, has expanded its offering and will host five sessions of the program in four different states in summer 2013. Continue reading
-
February 17, 2012This week, Dr. Paul Bonicelli, Executive Vice President for Regent University and a prior Jesse Helms Center BB&T Lecture Series Speaker, chatted with the folks at Coffee and Markets, a half-hour podcast hosted each day at BigGovernment and RedState. Continue reading
-
February 16, 2012As part of the BB&T Program on the Moral Foundations of Free Enterprise, The Jesse Helms Center Foundation will welcome Dr. Tyler Cowen, General Director of the Mercatus Center and the Holbert C. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University, to Wingate University’s George A. Batte Fine Arts Center on Thursday, February 16 at 6:30 p.m. for a lecture entitled “The Great Stagnation.” Continue reading