Liberty
Does Wilmington needs it own RTP?
Almost certainly not, but politicians love to copy things that have succeeded elsewhere in the belief that they will be equally successful in their own jurisdictions. As Bob Smith writes…
Shaftesbury
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Liberty
Regarding that letter from the Senate Dems….
A few weeks ago, JLF received an officious letter from Senators Boxer, Whitehouse and Markley, demanding a lot of information about any funding that had gone to global warming skeptics.…
Liberty
King Barack
Professor Frank Buckley, who spoke recently at a Shaftesbury meeting, has a brilliant piece in The American Spectator along the lines of his talk. Referring to Obama’s lack of experience…
Liberty
Monday At JLF: Duke Scholar Chris Conover Discusses Health Care Policy
Join us Monday at 12 Noon at JLF in downtown Raleigh for a discussion of health care policy with a renowned Duke scholar, Chris Conover. Shaftesbury attendees are in for…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
It’s a $50 billion budget
In yesterday’s Shaftesbury luncheon, I heard my good friend Joe Coletti refer and clarify the state’s $50 billion budget. So many of us get caught up with what the news…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Connecticut kills its film industry suspends its race to the bottom
News from the Wall Street Journal: More than 80 movies featuring stars such as Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins and Michael Douglas have been filmed in Connecticut over the past seven…
Liberty
JLF Research This Week: June 3-7, 2013
There’s been a lot going on this week in the John Locke Foundation’s research division. In case you missed any of it: Sarah Curry, Director of Fiscal Policy Studies, wrote…
Liberty
A preview of today’s Shaftesbury on conflicting visions
Drop by the John Locke Foundation at noon today for this week’s Shaftesbury Society meeting, where I’ll be discussing the continuing relevance of Thomas Sowell’s 1987 masterpiece A Conflict of…
Liberty
Capitalism and the liberation of women
At a recent Shaftesbury luncheon, Professor Don Boudreaux explained how innovations by people seeking profits under the free enterprise system have done much to clean up our lives. In a…
Energy
Recent JLF Shaftesbury speaker shares fracking knowledge with N&O readers
The News & Observer‘s opinion page features today a pair of columns focusing on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. One is authored by Daniel Fine of the New Mexico Center for…
Liberty
Richard Epstein on Obamacare and the Commerce Clause
Law professor Richard Epstein here gives a lengthy analysis of Obamacare and the Commerce Clause. He concludes that if the justices hold to anything remotely like the original understanding of…
Liberty
Decline of the print press
Steve Hayward has some interesting observations on NYT headline writers on the Ashbrook Center blog No Left Turns here. Steve offered his views on the Reagan presidency at a recent…