Hood enlightens state, national audiences

When MSNBC’s Web site reported this week “Conservative Blog Buzz” connected with President Obama’s latest stimulus proposals, the first blogger highlighted was John Locke Foundation President John Hood, who had analyzed the president’s ideas for National Review Online’s primary blog, “The Corner.” Hood also enlightened “Corner” readers this week about threatened education cuts that never seem to materialize. He engaged in another cats-and-dogs debate with Jonah Goldberg, attracting the attention of ConservativeBlogWatch.com. In other news, Hood granted a television interview to WCNC’s Stuart Watson about privatizing the state’s alcohol operations. Hood also spent time on WTIB Radio with Henry Hinton discussing North Carolina legislative politics and the troubled Golden LEAF. N.C. Senate Republicans highlighted in their daily e-mails this week Hood’s Daily Journal columns on education research and State Treasurer Janet Cowell’s dubious new plan to invest state pension funds in projects designed to create North Carolina jobs.