John Locke Updates: 2007

According to John Hood in the Wall Street Journal, presidential hopeful, John Edwards, thinks that Unions are what’s growing on. He thinks that increased membership will provide the key…

Selected by the history department at Liberty University to chair a conference panel, Troy Kickler was charged with evaluating the papers presented by three historians. The papers dealt with the…

Terry Stoops got the gold star last week.  This week, he gets the golden lasso.  Not because he looks or acts like Wonder Woman, but because his work landed him…

After almost a year of arguing the dangers of NC’s eminent domain law to residents and legislators, Daren Bakst‘s quest to achieve real eminent domain reform for NC may…

The Camden County Board of Commissioners, at the urging of the JLF, voted, 5-0, May 7 to reconsider ‘smart growth’ zoning. Leading up to the vote, Carolina Journal Editor Richard…

Two Shaftesbury Luncheon Speakers had their presentations recorded for use in the Faculty Affiliate Network’s video lecture-series. Professor Richard Vedder of Ohio University spoke on his new book The…

These past two weeks have been Terry’s.  Aside from participating in the Conservative Leadership Conference hosted by the Civitas Institute, Terry Stoops, alongside Lindalyn Kakadelis, motivated local charter-school activists who…

If you think ludicrous spending stops at the state level, think again.  One particularly glaring example of misunderstanding the role of government is the funding of municipal golf courses. Dr.

After the House passed a $20.3 billion dollar budget – 7.6 percent higher than last year’s budget – the JLF was quick to point out that this spending increase…

Following the release of a new report on faculty compensation, the report’s author, Jon Sanders, held a press conference at the General Assembly. He also spoke with Bill Lumaye’s…