John Locke Updates: 2005

No, it doesn’t, said Richard Vedder, professor of economics at Ohio University, in his remarks at last month’s Pope Center conference. This month, his argument is featured in MetroMagazine’s November…

It’s a challenge to keep track of who-did-what-to-whom, and the numerous subpoenas issued in the Jim Black/Meredith Norris/KevinGeddings story. John Hood used humor to put it into perspective…

Details continue to emerge about the investigation into lottery and video poker dealings by House Speaker Jim Black and his on-again-off-again political director, Meredith Norris. As the plot…

Last week, investigative work by Jon Sanders and his subsequent blogging in “The Locker Room” led to nationwide reporting on the hate-filled comments of former NC State Professor of…

The debate over the upcoming Charlotte/Mecklenburg school bond referendum kept churning this week when Lindalyn Kakadelis joined WFAE-FM’s “Charlotte Talks With Mike Collins.” The panel of three guests was stacked with…

A Spotlight paper published recently by Daren Bakst was referenced this week in a Raleigh News & Observer story about concerns over the erosion of private property rights.

On Wednesday, JLF provided Charlotte/Mecklenburg and Triad-area supporters with a glimpse of history when former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese spoke to groups in both locations. In Charlotte, a large…

The White House may have been caught off guard by negative reaction from some conservatives to former Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, but Paul Chesser believes conservatives should have more closely…

WWNC-AM talk show host Matt Mittan became a father this week, and he tapped Chad Adams to sit behind his Asheville microphone while he took time off. Adams…

Many high school graduates aren’t prepared to tackle college-level work, but George Leef believes a proposed solution by two academics writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education wouldn’t solve the problem. Charles Reed…