John Locke Updates: 2004

JLF perspective was on display across the state this week as staffers discussed a range of issues. On Wednesday, Don Carrington was a guest on WTKF’s “Lockwood Phillips Show,” serving…

Very few are staunch believers in the paranormal, regardless of religious background. But, those who attend church regularly are less likely to believe in things such as astrology, fortune-tellers, and…

George Leef scored with several national online publications recently by addressing this fundamental question. His piece on “The American Degree Mania” was published on a forum of the…

When Congress ended the 70-year-old tobacco price controls program, it was a “prime example of the ultimate triumph of economic forces over political control,” wrote JLF adjunct scholar Mike Walden.

As the year comes to a close, public affairs programs are looking back at key stories in 2004 and looking ahead to 2005. Last Sunday, NBC 17’s “At Issue” featured…

This week, the Heritage Foundation’s “Insider” weblog picked up several items from JLF’s blog, “The Locker Room.” Paul Chesser’s funny posting about potential classes Sen. Edwards might teach at…

Leave it to Jon Sanders to find a humorous way to illustrate the silliness of the opposition to a proposed Western Civilization program at UNC-Chapel Hill, funded by the John…

Reporting by Paul Chesser on the boondoggle involving the building of a taxpayer-funded natural gas pipeline in northeastern North Carolina is beginning to generate other media coverage. Two newspapers –…

When Richard Wagner wrote a column criticizing Sen. John Edwards’ “two Americas” thesis, Robert C. Currie Jr. didn’t take kindly to it, and wrote so in the Greater Diversity News…

Lindalyn Kakadelis met this week with advocates of school choice in Stokes County and addressed the faculty at Greensboro Academy, a K-8 charter school in Guilford County. She also was…