John Locke Updates: 2017

In Parts One and Two of this series, I bemoaned the erosion of what was once a fundamental principle of Anglo-American, namely, that:  A criminal conviction requires proof,…

Earlier this week, I got a call from a reporter at The News & Observer asking for comment on a proposed “bicycle superhighway” that would run parallel to I-40…

Despite the North Carolina legislature and other federal obstacles standing in the way, Governor Roy Cooper desperately wants to expand Medicaid, the state-federal program that provides health services…

What is “the market price?” For two people, a buyer and a seller of any products or service, the market price is that price that is mutually agreed upon in…

Over the last six years, the Republican-led General Assembly has granted school districts unprecedented budget, staffing, and class size flexibility.  Much of that flexibility has come at the request of…

In my last Update, I pointed out that when trade is free, whether the value of imports exceeds the value of exports or the value of exports exceeds the…

When school officials from Kestrel Heights Charter School reported that 160 of the school’s 399 graduates did not meet state graduation requirements, the anti-charter Left complained that the situation…

You may have heard that the average annual teacher salary in North Carolina fell $163 short of $50,000.  Never mind that the average is $1,896 higher than last year.  Republican…

In “I Was A Disabled Student Educated In The Public School System & Betsy DeVos Doesn’t Understand The Needs Of Disabled Kids In Public Schools,” a graduate of Pitt…

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve written a lot about Major League Soccer (MLS) and the competing bids from Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham for a franchise.  If it feels like…