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    And the Winner Is…

    posted November 8, 2004
    JLF staffers fanned out Tuesday night to comment on election returns. John Hood joined the “NC Spin Radio” team for coverage on 40 affiliates around the state, while Donna Martinez…
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    Down to the Wire on Amendment One

    posted November 8, 2004
    Although voters (51 to 49 percent) approved Amendment One, JLF efforts to point out the facts and flaws continued as Election Day approached. Chad Adams spent two hours in Gastonia…
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    Requiring Students to Vote

    posted November 8, 2004
    Predictions about the seismic wave of new young voters that would head to the polls in 2004 proved to be mostly just talk. But before the election, George Leef took…
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    How About Negative Voting?

    posted November 8, 2004
    George Leef didn’t like the idea of compelling students to vote, but he is pondering whether voters should be allowed to cast a “negative” vote. In a commentary on the…
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    A National Hit

    posted November 8, 2004
    Last week Paul Chesser’s commentary on the New York Yankees “big government” approach to baseball was published on the web site of The Weekly Standard. This Tuesday, Washington Post media…
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    Just What Is Government Supposed To Do?

    posted November 8, 2004
    No doubt Chad Adams used the Dell incentive package as an example of what government shouldn’t be doing when he spoke to students at Lee Senior High School Friday about…
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    More Exposure for Higher Ed Issues

    posted October 28, 2004
    The Duke University law student who wrote about the recent Pope Center conference for the Renew America web site, John Plecnik, has also published the piece on David Horowitz’s…
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    Another Home Run

    posted October 28, 2004
    Last week, Paul Chesser’s love for the Boston Red Sox was on display in the Raleigh New & Observer. On Monday, he turned his team’s come-from-behind league championship win over…
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    K-12 Education Update

    posted October 28, 2004
    Lindalyn Kakadelis continued the fall charter schools tour this week, speaking to the Banner Elk Kiwanis Club. While in the area, she visited Grandfather Academy. For a copy of the…

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