John Locke Updates: 2004

Earlier this month, Karen Palasek’s Spotlight report, Truth on Teacher Shortage” revealed that projections from the National Center for Education Statistics do not support the “exponential growth” in public school…

It seems the Foundation for Economic Freedom is finding JLF a rich source of material for its web site and magazine The Freeman. This month both George Leef and John…

Research on the effectiveness of dollars spent on North Carolina road projects, conducted for JLF by UNC-Charlotte’s Dr. David Hartgen, has made its way into The Urban Transportation Monitor. The…

It was big news this week when Sen. President Pro Tem Marc Basnight was called before a grand jury delving into the shenanigans of the John Hyman Foundation and former…

Thanksgiving morning brought more than the prospect of food, family, and football to Raleigh News & Observer readers. They were also treated to a front-page story about the Pope Center…

The possible creation of a Western Civilization program at UNC-Chapel Hill, funded by a donation from the John William Pope Foundation, has some faculty and students slinging insults at the…

“The 2004 election results tell the tale of two Republican parties,” wrote John Hood in a commentary published in The Carolinian newspaper. Hood described the impressive gains at the national…

As light rail projects in Charlotte and the Triangle move forward, opponents continue to raise red flags about the huge costs and dubious value. In an Associated Press story published…

It came as no big surprise, but a recent analysis of Federal Election Commission reports conducted by the Durham Herald-Sun revealed that only one UNC-CH employee had given money to…

George Leef spent Saturday in Virginia delivering the keynote address to a meeting of the Virginia Association of Scholars. His topic: “The Overselling of Higher Education.” As the workweek began,…