As federal officials rush to shift more resources away from productive uses through misguided stimulus plans, John Locke Foundation experts continue to highlight the folly. Policy Analyst and Research Editor Jon Sanders offered his assessment to TownHall.com readers in a column Wednesday titled “Economic Stimulus and Other Outdated Quackery.” Sanders’ work attracted attention from The New York Times‘ blogrunner.com service. JLF President John Hood also highlighted Sanders’ column in a blog entry for National Review Online. Hood’s blog for “The Corner” also featured other reading recommendations and discussed the “bloated, ramshackle, pork-laden, grotesque corruption of a ‘stimulus bill’ now headed to the U.S. Senate.” That assessment helped Hood’s comments earn a mention on MLive.com, a forum about Michigan politics and elections. In the latest print version of National Review, Hood contributes to a “policy symposium” focusing on 12 conservative ideas that would help the middle class. Hood’s article, “Liberate Homeworkers,” focuses on changes that would benefit the 30 million Americans who work from home. Meanwhile, The Mooresville Tribune recently published a column from Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato decrying “bailout mania.” Another Cordato column, focusing on the Obama administration’s proposed stimulus package, led to an interview with Scott Carr for State Government Radio. Speaking of the new president, fawning media coverage of the new administration prompted Vice President for Communications Jon Ham to take note in a column this week. The Leland Tribune reprinted that op-ed. In addition, Senior Fellow Marc Rotterman contributed a column to the News & Observer over the weekend urging federal action on illegal immigration.