Liberty
Opportunity for significant NIH reform
Anthony Mills assesses the prospects for worthwhile reforms within a major federal health agency. In the wake of Covid, trust in scientific and medical experts has eroded and become starkly…
Political science
scientific study of politics
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
What North Carolina Could Learn from Tennessee About School Finance
Tennessee has become a national leader in school finance reform, and North Carolina should follow its lead, according to a report by the John Locke Foundation’s Center for Effective Education.…
Liberty
Putting the Science Back in Science
Anthony Mills discusses the need to “recover” science policy. The aftermath of a global public health crisis, combined with the rise of populism at home and growing economic and security…
Elections & Public Integrity
Will Republicans Win Supermajorities in the North Carolina General Assembly?
This is the third and final Civitas Partisan Index (CPI) post for the 2022 election. One crucial question is whether Republicans will win supermajorities, allowing them to override Gov. Roy…
Law & Public Safety
“Academics say Biden SCOTUS nominee should recuse herself in Harvard admissions case”
That’s the title of a recent piece at the College Fix. The author, Christian Schneider, goes on to say: A number of legal experts within academia have told The College Fix that Judge…
Education
Martin Center Column Highlights Claremont ‘Cancellation’
Scott Yenor writes for the Martin Center about a higher education group’s campaign against the Claremont Institute. The American Political Science Association (APSA) has long been a professional outfit that…
Elections & Public Integrity
CNN: Independents Have Turned On Biden
Harry Enten, Senior Data Reporter for CNN, analyzes a slew of polling data that shows Biden is shedding supporters bigtime. For Independents, it’s a stark and clear case of buyers’…
Liberty
New Carolina Journal Online feature
John Hood’s Daily Journal highlights five important political questions for 2021.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on a new John Locke Foundation study that advocates state constitutional guardrails for government spending. John Hood’s Daily Journal documents problems of relying…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
What Just Happened? Join Us Monday at Noon
The victorious will celebrate and the defeated will move on to fight another day. As we make our way out of a bruising and sometimes ugly political battle for power…
Education
Martin Center column explores denunciation in political science
Sumantra Maitra writes for the Martin Center about “the power of denunciation” in the field of political science. A recent case of attempted silencing and censorship has roiled the field…
Liberty
COVID-19 and nursing homes: State governments deserve blame
Jim Geraghty of National Revuew Online explores the role of bad state government decisions in COVID-19’s rampage through nursing homes. Coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes have been particularly deadly in…