John Locke Updates: 2007

Two budgets that were irreconcilable a few weeks ago will soon be eviscerated, reorganized, and presented to the governor for signature.  The legislators on the operating table will hopefully be…

Finishing off the final week in June, JLF brought in environmental consultant, Joel Schwartz as the headliner for a statewide tour. The tour coincided with the release of his report:…

With party caucuses and primaries reorganized to set the presidential race in motion earlier than ever before, it’s astounding to find that according to news sources, no candidate seems to…

The city with the highest number of failed or expensive projects per square mile most certainly is Charlotte. Some would argue that a developing megalopolis such as the Queen City…

To give you an idea of how important forced-annexation is to North Carolinians, the Pinehurst-Southern Pines Pilot is running a pro/con series on the issue.  Daren Baksts’ anti-forced annexation…

Recently, Daren Bakst attended an energy working group meeting at the legislature where he recommended that any bill that creates new charges for electricity consumers be clearly identified, so that…

What’s one result of encouraging every child to attend college, despite the individual’s scholarly talents and the less-than rigorous curricula of many institutions of higher education: A glut of unskilled…

Rick and Donna Martinez have added another radio program to their growing resumes. Their new show, Focus, is a production of State Government Radio.com. It airs live every Sunday from…

With differences being hashed out between the House and the Senate over the budget (read: kick and scream till you get what you want), Becki Gray is spending a lot…

In response to high dropout rates, the education bureaucracy has done everything from playing mix-and-match with curricula to reorganizing graduation requirements and end-of-course tests. Unsure of the effect of this…