John Locke Updates: 2007

A commonality between the two is that they’re both state-sanctioned monopolies. Monopolies create price disequilibrium, generally to the disdain of consumers. For those interested in spirits, a trip to the…

According to national education statistics, the U.S. will spend an estimated $489.4 billion on primary and secondary education this year. And there’s no doubt that North Carolina is doing…

The dimming din you may hear coming from Roanoke Rapids is probably the last of the supporters for the Randy Parton Theater and the Carolina Crossroads complex desperately trying to…

When Newsweek decided to run a cover story on the global-warming deniers’ machine, Carolina Journal associate editor, Paul Chesser, lambasted the article’s author and editor for shoddy journalism. Published…

George Leef, writing for the Foundation for Economic Education, reviews the book, Libertarianism: For and Against, co-authored by Professors Tibor Machan and Craig Duncan. At root, George finds that…

After Michael Sanera released a series of reports targeting municipal golf courses across the state, officials and reporters are still defending financing the sport.  Here’s a story from Burlington,…

Daren Bakst and Michael Sanera had two great pieces in the Raleigh News & Observer. Daren’s piece pointed the finger at the state Senate for its role in halting…

Yet again, another legislative session will pass without the lifting of the charter school cap. But, I guess that if you’re raising everything else – one simply must be doing…

The global warming apostles live amongst us. They direct us.  They limit us. They indoctrinate our children. North Carolina is no exception. Out state, as well as others, have…

In Charlotte, Jeff Taylor continues to call the city’s presentation of light-rail to the public what it is: unfair and unbalanced. Biased and flawed studies and misleading information by…