John Locke Updates: 2014

View in your browser. Welcome Nothing undercuts the enjoyment of watching football (Go Steelers!) on a Sunday afternoon more than tiresome political ads, particularly those pro-Kay…

View in your browser. This entry is a follow-up to the previous discussion, titled "Work at today’s minimum wage is better than ‘moral’ unemployment." Here…

View in your browser. Each local jurisdiction in North Carolina, whether it is a county or a city, has chosen to provide services for its…

Gov. Pat McCrory’s decision to allow new coal ash rules to become state law without his signature prompted Time Warner Cable News’ statewide “Capital Tonight” program to seek…

Editorials in both the Greensboro News & Record and Asheville Citizen-Times cited John Locke Foundation Health and Human Services Analyst Katherine…

NCPoliticalNews.com, Rowan Free Press, and N.C. Senate Republicans’ daily press email all promoted Carolina Journal Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s article on the city of Wilson’s attempt…

View in your browser. When it comes to reforming our nation’s health care system, both sides of the political spectrum point to the "triple…

View in your browser. Allegedly the point of reducing carbon dioxide (often erroneously and sometimes maliciously referred to as just "carbon") emissions is to keep…

View in your browser. The debate over funding North Carolina’s public schools will continue for many lifetimes to come, but the question of how much…

View in your browser. Welcome Last week’s CommenTerry offered a brief overview of 2013-14 state test scores and graduation rates.  This week, I take…