Jon Ham recognized one piece of Rush Limbaugh’s opening monologue Tuesday. That’s because the nation’s No. 1-rated radio talk show host quoted a Facebook status update from Ham, the John Locke Foundation’s Vice President for Communications. Ham noted the irony of diversity claims from top national Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, “the woman whose party moved heaven and earth to defeat Mia Love and Allen West and replace them with white men.”
News & Observer readers discovered this morning a column from N.C. History Project Director Troy Kickler. It offered historical perspective on the 223rd anniversary of North Carolina’s ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
News 14 Carolina called on a pair of JLF staffers for appearances this week on “Capital Tonight.” Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson discussed topics such as Gov.-elect Pat McCrory‘s efforts to prepare for his new job, while Director of Communications Mitch Kokai discussed redistricting and North Carolina’s unemployment debt.
While many people will be busy shopping or continuing their recovery from Thanksgiving festivities this afternoon, Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray will discuss the week’s top political and public policy developments with WTSB Radio listeners. Gray promoted recent CarolinaJournal.com articles and JohnLocke.org research during her regular Monday-morning appearance on the same station.
Speaking of radio, Executive Vice President Kory Swanson recently discussed topics grouped under the general theme “Defending the Republic” during an appearance on the Southern Sense Internet talk radio program.
The Greensboro News & Record‘s “Mixing It Up” feature quoted JLF President John Hood‘s analysis of 2012 election results. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press emails Hood’s column on the need for tax and education reform. The Senate GOP also highlighted Gray’s column on bold leadership in the General Assembly, CJ Associate Editor Dan Way‘s article on North Carolina’s potential to lead the way nationally in education reform, and Piedmont Publius blogger Sam Hieb‘s report on the potential benefits and pitfalls of a new N.C. Revenue Department computer system.
A recent Wilson Daily Times editorial on occupational licensing cited JLF. (Licensing “makes it harder and more costly for providers to enter an occupation,” according to the John Locke Foundation. “It leads to higher prices for licensed providers, more business for licensing programs, and revenue to the state through license fees.”) Bill Evers of the Hoover Institution cited Lloyd Billingsley‘s CJ review of the school choice movie “Won’t Back Down” in a recent email blast.
