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Locke to Supreme Court: “Give the Fourth Circuit a Well-Deserved Bench Slap”
In 2008, the United States Supreme Court made it clear for the first time that the Second Amendment protects the right of private individuals to keep and bear weapons that…
Issues with Latest Campaign Finance Reports for NC Legislative Candidates: What Kind and How Many?
I’ve recently written about the financial reports of North Carolina’s statewide candidates and how much each spent in this year’s primary election. The database for the statewide candidates can be…
Red Flags Galore: What Texas’ Government-Backed Venture Capital Failure Can Teach Us
You’ve heard about red flags in professional and personal relationships: Inflated sense of self Ignoring feedback Lack of transparency Unclear goals and ways to measure outcomes Heeding those red flags…
Election Reforms Have a Mostly Smooth Debut
The General Assembly passed Senate Bill 747 over Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto last October. It delivered a host of election reforms, many of which the John Locke Foundation had advocated…
The Free Market Can Help Address AI Bias
The use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in K–12 schooling is a topic that has taken the education community by storm. Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the…
Questions Linger Surrounding Durham Public Schools Mess
The saga continues at Durham Public Schools (DPS). The district was thrown into chaos earlier this year when it incorrectly overpaid hundreds of employees and decided to correct the error…
R.I.P. The Scottish Enlightenment 1697-2024
That’s the title of an article that appeared this week at the Daily Sceptic. It presents a bleak but accurate picture of Scotland’s recent sad decline. Here’s an excerpt. The…
NCInnovation: Time to Pump the Brakes on This Unproven Experiment?
A change in budget bill language restricted NCInnovation to funding university research, yet it still represents picking winners and losers in the marketplace. The group had not made a single…
Cooper Seeks to Stop Opportunity Scholarships, Close Out Educational Options
At the recent State Board of Education meeting, Gov. Roy Cooper called for a moratorium on expanding the Opportunity Scholarship Program. Cooper’s claims about vouchers harming public schools financially and…
How Many Early Voting Days Would Be Best?
Reducing the number of early voting days may be debated in this year’s General Assembly session. Reducing early voting days would likely have little effect on turnout. A possible compromise…
Solving North Carolina’s Crime Problem: Part One
North Carolinians are worried about crime, and with good reason. Crime levels spiked in 2020 and 2021 and remain significantly higher than in previous years. Clearance rates, on the other…
The Cost per Vote of North Carolina’s Statewide Primary Elections
While the voter history file has yet to be updated for this year’s primary election, many political analysts and reporters have been looking to pull what information we can about…