Readers of AOL News learned this week about the ways in which large special-interest groups would benefit from the latest version of federal cap-and-trade legislation, thanks to an opinion piece from Daren Bakst, John Locke Foundation Director of Legal and Regulatory Studies. TownHall.com readers learned from Associate Director of Research Jon Sanders why our current president could be dubbed “Obama the Shameless.” Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato outlined for the Greenville Daily Reflector some of the problems associated with North Carolina’s sales-tax “reform” efforts. Meanwhile, the Shelby Star picked up the John Locke Foundation’s latest By The Numbers report detailing local government costs.