Liberty
Not All Good Things Require a Government Mandate
Timothy Carney explains for the Washington Examiner that a good idea doesn’t necessarily need to be tied to a government mandate. Why do some people have trouble with the idea…
Merriam-Webster
American dictionary publisher
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Word to All Who Care About Sound Science: Carbon Ain’t Carbon Dioxide
From Merriam-Webster dictionary: Carbon dioxide. A heavy colorless gas CO2 that does not support combustion, dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, is formed especially in animal respiration and in…
Elections & Public Integrity
JLF’s Roy Cordato for Real Clear Policy: “Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Are Not Socialists – What Are They?”
John Locke Foundation’s Roy Cordato writes for Real Clear Policy that Bernie Sanders and Democratic nominee for Congress in New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are not actually socialists as they describe…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are Not Socialists, So What are They?
Neither Bernie Sanders nor the congressional nominee from New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, show any evidence that they are actually socialists, despite describing themselves as such. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary gets the…
Liberty
Definitions
A great way to convince listeners you researched lightly for fill material is to begin your presentation with, “Webster’s Dictionary defines . . . .” So, here goes: This morning,…
Law & Public Safety
Thomas’ recitation of American Founding 101 shocks progressives
Rich Lowry‘s latest New York Post column focuses on progressives’ over-the-top reaction to a dissent from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Who knew that inherent rights are a political…
Liberty
Merriam-Webster “Dictator definition…one holding complete autocratic control”
Obama to Dems: I’ll act with or without Congress.
Liberty
Frivolouser & Frivolouser
That great symbol of Buncombe County, showing a lot of smoke being blown from behind the mountains, appeared on the Merriam-Webster website in a list of ten words that describe…
Liberty
NC Public Schools Using End of Course Test to Spread Environmentalist Propaganda
View in your browser. Weekly John Locke Foundation research division newsletter focusing on environmental issues. The newsletter highlights relevant analysis done by the JLF and other think tanks as well…
Liberty
Words of the Year 2012
Mirriam-Webster has announced it’s top ten words of 2012, and for the first time ever (OK, so they’ve only been doing this Word of the Year thing since 2003, but…
Liberty
Blue Streams & Clamped People
Lest you believe the poor, impoverished state only has funds for recruiting beer companies, it has awarded Polk County funds for the Green River Watershed. Projects slated include: Removing exotic,…
Liberty
Krugman vs. Ryan: The Nobel Prize winner retreats from the field
The Weekly Standard‘s John McCormack offers a step-by-step account of the war of words between Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. The latest development? The…