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David Brooks is a winner!
The New York Times’ conservative columnist has recently received Gene Healy’s Worst Op-ed of the Year Award for a demented piece arguing that what America needs is a much more…
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Not the liberal America that Dr. Faustus imagined
The NY Times is running an Op-Ed piece this morning that is highly amusing and enlightening- Contributor David Brooks sets up a hypothetical situation where liberal Dr. Faustus is granted…
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Influencing the opinion page
Several North Carolina newspapers have published columns recently from John Locke Foundation and Carolina Journal authors. The Durham Herald-Sun republished CJ Associate Editor Michael Lowrey‘s column on a proposal to…
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Senator Jim Bunning
Senator Bunning defended his blockage of a $10 billion spending package in USA Today here. Bunning wanted the Senate to live up to its promise to pay for all new…
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Influencing the opinion page
John Locke Foundation experts continued to share their knowledge with readers of national and state publications this week. Associate Director of Research Jon Sanders used his latest TownHall.com column to…
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Major Political Speech Case: Citizens United
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case called Citizens United v. FEC. You can access the transcript of the oral argument here. This case involves…
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Annexation Op-Ed
My op-ed was published today in the Wilmington Star-News on the issue of forced annexation. Here are what the critics have said about the op-ed: “The must-read op-ed of the…
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Speaking of ignoring key facts ?
An interesting TIME cover story on the debate about a presidential pardon for Scooter Libby includes this passage: Cheney’s former top aide on domestic and foreign policy stood accused of…
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RE: The Slow N&O
Paul, The N&O hasn’t been posting all of their columns online lately–whether that’s a policy change or cutback chaos, I don’t know. On Saturday, I had an op-ed in the…
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Filling the opinion pages
Charlotte Observer readers learned this week some of the basic elements of annexation reform, thanks to an op-ed piece from John Locke Foundation Legal and Regulatory Policy Analyst Daren Bakst.…
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Taking to the opinion pages …
Writers affiliated with the John Locke Foundation and Carolina Journal have made several contributions to North Carolina newspaper opinion pages in recent weeks. The Monroe Enquirer-Journal recently republished CJ columnist…
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Op-ed on Annexation
Doug Aitken who was a member of the joint annexation commission and is President of the Fair Annexation Coalition (FAC) has written a great op-ed on forced annexation. It recently…