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Duke professor emeritus John Staddon takes aim at the Duke Divinity School in his latest Martin Center column. The chickens have come home to roost at Duke’s Divinity School. Protesting…
John Staddon writes for the Martin Center about the potential impact of an oversupply of credentialed scientists. “The United States is producing more research scientists than academia can handle,” so…
John Staddon offers Martin Center readers part two of his assessment of the perils of academic peer review. [T]he emphasis in academia on publishing is misplaced. The number of publications,…
John Staddon devotes a Martin Center column to the way scientific findings ought to be judged. The standard system for admitting a manuscript to a scientific journal—or awarding money to…
State lawmakers head back to Raleigh next week. Becki Gray explores legislators’ to-do list during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio. Katherine Restrepo discusses the latest example of North…
The daughter of a former U.S. ambassador from North Carolina is suing Twitter. She contends Twitter doesn’t do enough to stop ISIS from using the social media site to plan…
It’s fair to base public policy on science, but only when that science is sound. Retired Duke University professor John Staddon used a speech Monday to the John Locke Foundation’s…
North Carolina’s high-profile U.S. Senate campaign has featured some dubious claims about the state’s recent record on education spending and teacher pay raises. Terry Stoops examines the claims during the…
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon details the nanny state’s latest proposal. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking to ban all tobacco use at every…
If you have not yet seen C-SPAN2?s “Book TV” presentation of a recent John Locke Foundation luncheon speech from Duke professor John Staddon, you have another chance to watch Staddon…
If you have not yet seen C-SPAN2?s “Book TV” presentation of a recent John Locke Foundation luncheon speech from Duke professor John Staddon, you have another chance to watch Staddon…
North Carolina lawmakers have taken additional steps this year to pave the way for fracking in North Carolina. Becki Gray discusses the 2014 state energy law during the next edition…