John Locke Updates: 2005

While the Triangle Transit Authority fiddles with models in its effort to generate ridership numbers sufficient to secure federal funds for the $759 million light rail system, new JLF…

Add global warming alarmists to the list of groups claiming their efforts will create jobs in North Carolina. A report released by the North Carolina Climate Stewardship Task Force…

It was John Edwards’ theme in 2004, and he’s also using it to describe what was revealed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But Richard Wagner disagreed, and his…

Writing in Dunn’s Daily Record, Karen Palasek described the unintended consequences of the new law that will put pseudoephedrine behind pharmacy counters by explaining there are short and long-term…

North Carolina’s Certificate-of-Need law circumvents the free market for health care by putting the state in charge of deciding whether or not a new or expanded medical service…

As the country prepares to hear from Harriet Miers, now that she’s been nominated by President Bush to take the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, some…

Roy Cordato’s commentary on gas prices has been published in more papers around the state. Meantime, JLF Adjunct Scholar Mike Walden weighed in on energy conservation, now that gas…

On Nov. 8, northern Orange County residents will vote on a schools tax referendum supporters say will address “unfairness” to rural kids they believe results from an existing local schools tax…

Chad Adams traveled to Wilmington Tuesday to meet with New Hanover County’s financial officer, waste management official, and a commissioner about research on the last remaining incinerator in the state…

Melissa Mitchell has had enough of the finger pointing over Hurricane Katrina response and relief efforts. In a letter to the editor published in Saturday’s Raleigh News & Observer, she…