WPTF Radio listeners regularly hear John Locke Foundation President John Hood‘s wit and wisdom one afternoon each week. Hood is offering a larger helping of his unique broadcasting talent this week. He filled in as the afternoon host Thursday and returns to that task today. The News & Observer turned to Hood this week for analysis of Durham County officials’ plans to seek a vote on a proposed transit tax. The N&O‘s “WakeEd” blog highlighted Hood’s recent column on the success of school choice measures during this year’s legislative session. N.C. Senate Republicans highlighted Hood’s columns this week on mental health reform and his family’s Civil War history. A Hickory Daily Record letter writer critiqued Hood’s syndicated columns while urging legislators to support a sales tax increase.