American political speechwriter and columnist (1964–2022)
Tevi Troy offers interesting observations about the impact of election results on policy-driven think tanks. THREE THINGS ARE CERTAIN AFTER A presidential-election defeat: infighting, second-guessing, and efforts to create a…
John Locke Foundation’s Dr. Terry Stoops writes for Carolina Journal’s Daily Journal: As he campaigned for the Republican presidential nomination in the winter of 1999, then-Gov. George W. Bush delivered…
Two siblings have won their long legal battle against the state of North Carolina over ownership of property near Hammocks Beach State Park. Rick Henderson discusses the recent resolution of…
Many writers who have a weak grasp on economic reality confuse poverty and inequality. Almost always, they leap to the conclusion that if there is inequality (or at least greater…
Michael Gerson writes here about the momentum for empowering parents with school vouchers, which recently received a boost from the Indiana Supreme Court. Gerson also details some interesting data about…
Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner add their contributions to the growing list of potential Republican Party reforms via the latest cover story in Commentary magazine. Among their article’s most interesting…
Obama recently stated that the building of the transcontinental railroads is a good model for what he has in mind with his latest “jobs” plan. As professor Don Boudreaux observes…
Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson recently took a swing at libertarians and Objectivists, declaring that they have a “mania” for “selfishness.” In this letter to the editor, Don Boudreaux annihilates…
Readers of the Washington Post and other publications across the country, including the San Antonio Express, recently encountered John Locke Foundation President John Hood‘s analysis of state budget issues in…
Print and broadcast media outlets trying to make sense of Republicans’ historic gains in the 2010 elections turned to the John Locke Foundation this week for help. President John Hood…
Michael Gerson, who helped craft much of the rhetoric behind Bush II’s big government conservatism, tells the GOP not to fall for libertarian thinking. In this Cato@Liberty post David Boaz…
Fans of liberty will find plenty to dispute in Michael Gerson’s Heroic Conservatism (Harper Collins, 2007). The former Bush speechwriter and policy adviser is one of the more vocal advocates…