When Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden declared that paying higher taxes is “patriotic,” JLF Policy Analyst and Research Editor Jon Sanders sprang into action. Sanders’ latest Townhall.com column dissected Biden’s remarks. Sanders’ column attracted additional national attention, with front-page placement on the Real Clear Politics Web site and discussion in the Power Line Forum. Another nationally known site, Lucianne.com, recently featured comments from JLF Vice President for Communications Jon Ham as a “must read” item. Meanwhile, WBT Radio’s Keith Larson talked politics Thursday with Fred Barnes before Barnes delivered a Locke Foundation Headliner address. When Roy Cordato isn’t discussing price gouging, he’s explaining the potential value of offshore drilling for oil and natural gas. Both the Jacksonville Daily News and Roanoke Beacon recently published a conservative columnist’s citation of Cordato’s work. JLF Legal and Regulatory Policy Analyst Daren Bakst is also contributing to the debate about offshore drilling. He submitted to the Minerals Management Service this week his comments on “Preparation of a 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program.” Sticking with topics of national interest, the Monroe Enquirer-Journal recently published a column from N.C. Education Alliance Fellow Kristen Blair. She urged Congress to leave behind the flawed No Child Left Behind public school reform legislation.
