John Locke Updates: 2005

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.

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…

While the media writes and talks endlessly about Big Oil and the “unfair” cost of gas these days, another element that contributes to the costs of driving a…

On Wednesday, John Hood and frequent policy opponent Chris Fitzsimon of NC Policy Watch joined a discussion panel hosted by the Raleigh-based Civitas Institute to discuss the…

A basic right of every American is the freedom to criticize government, yet some forget that 200 years ago, the Federalist-dominated governmen passed the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Thursday morning, Jon Sanders’ investigative work resulted in revelations posted in “The Locker Room” about a former NC State professor’s comments to a Howard University audience…

This week, The Daily News in Jacksonville interviewed Lindalyn Kakadelis for a story about compensation packages for educators. She discussed systemic problems with the salary system and…

Don Carrington was enlisted as a guest speaker and participant at Saturday’s meeting of the North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership.  The topic was the formulation of…

The ethical cloud surrounding Meredith Norris, former aide to House Speaker Jim Black, mushroomed this week as questions grew over whether she was acting as a lobbyist…

The latest edition of The Insider, the online policy research journal produced by the Heritage Foundation, contains summaries and links to three of JLF’s latest Spotlight papers: Daren…