John Locke Updates

JLF perspective was on display across the state this week as staffers discussed a range of issues. On Wednesday, Don Carrington was a guest on WTKF’s “Lockwood Phillips Show,” serving…

The dust-up over a proposed Western Civilization program at UNC-Chapel Hill, funded by the John William Pope Foundation, has gotten the attention of the Chattanooga Times Free Press. A reporter…

George Leef scored with several national online publications recently by addressing this fundamental question. His piece on “The American Degree Mania” was published on a forum of the…

BNA Transportation Watch, a web site featuring transportation information and resources, has published a story about the condition of North Carolina’s roads, based on the recent JLF policy report from…

Very few are staunch believers in the paranormal, regardless of religious background. But, those who attend church regularly are less likely to believe in things such as astrology, fortune-tellers, and…

The subject is likely to come up again when the General Assembly convenes next month. But, the Asheville Tribune and Hendersonville Tribune didn’t feel the need to wait for a…

Leave it to Jon Sanders to find a humorous way to illustrate the silliness of the opposition to a proposed Western Civilization program at UNC-Chapel Hill, funded by the John…

As the year comes to a close, public affairs programs are looking back at key stories in 2004 and looking ahead to 2005. Last Sunday, NBC 17’s “At Issue” featured…

When Richard Wagner wrote a column criticizing Sen. John Edwards’ “two Americas” thesis, Robert C. Currie Jr. didn’t take kindly to it, and wrote so in the Greater Diversity News…

When Congress ended the 70-year-old tobacco price controls program, it was a “prime example of the ultimate triumph of economic forces over political control,” wrote JLF adjunct scholar Mike Walden.