John Locke Updates: 2005

It’s not often we have the opportunity to meet a president, but Thursday night in Chapel Hill, JLF guests were introduced to two legendary men of American history: President Thomas…

Legislative redistricting in North Carolina is notorious for being used as a political tool, but a bill filed in the state Senate this week aims to end the practice by…

Lindalyn Kakadelis hosted a booth this week at a conference sponsored by the North Carolina Christian School Association Administrators. She discussed school choice issues and the possibility of a tax…

George Leef’s latest Inquiry Paper on higher education spending has been picked up by EducationNews.org. In the piece, Leef countered conclusions reached by a recent Institute for Higher Education…

Polls show President Bush is having trouble generating support for personal accounts as part of Social Security reform. Some Congressional leaders have reportedly been urging supportive members to pattern their…

This week, a group of faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill stepped up their public opposition to a proposed Western Civilization program that would be funded by the John William Pope Foundation.

Add developments in Lebanon to the growing list of examples that the desire for freedom is spreading in the Middle East. You wouldn’t know it, Paul Chesser wrote in a…

The growing influence of internet bloggers has some in the traditional media warning of the demise of so-called “real” journalism. In a commentary published at Charlotte.com, Jeff A. Taylor…

That’s Paul Chesser’s advice to pro-lifers, now that Democrats from Howard Dean to Hillary Clinton are talking about welcoming pro-life views into their party and emphasizing the notion of keeping…

In a post-9/11 world, securing the nation’s borders should be the priority of national security policy, wrote JLF Senior Fellow Marc Rotterman in Raleigh’s News & Observer. Rotterman pointed out…