Liberty
Looking Beyond the Spin on Crime
John Lott writes for National Review Online about Americans’ concerns involving crime. A Gallup survey last November showed that 92 percent of Republicans and even 58 percent of Democrats believed…
Walgreens
American pharmacy and convenience store chain
Liberty
Theft in San Francisco Triggers Debate on Crime and Capitalism
A tweet went viral this week of a San Fransisco Walgreens store that appears to have nearly everything under lock-and-key. Of course, I am rephrasing these responses in a slightly…
Liberty
San Francisco Created Its Shoplifting Problem
Rich Lowry of National Review Online explains how San Francisco government helped create the city’s current crime wave with bad public policy. It ought to be possible to operate a…
Liberty
Masks as Political Shaming Tool
Glenn Reynolds writes for the New York Post about the likelihood that masks will persist as a political tool. Masks, as Twitter wags have noted, are by now the equivalent…
Liberty
Asheville, Meet San Francisco
More than 80 police officers have left the Asheville police force since January 2020, so a few days ago, the city announced that Asheville residents are on their own when…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
What is our ‘Ultimate Resource’ in battling the coronavirus?
Bob Luddy, one of North Carolina's leading lights and a longtime friend of the John Locke Foundation, has a great piece in The American Spectator today. Entitled "Government Is No…
Research Brief
Health Care
North Carolina’s COVID-19 Response: Health Care
As America grapples with the COVID-19 virus, state governments are acting quickly to mitigate the spread in their state. Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency last week, which…
Health Care
Medicare, Medicaid breed cronyism and fraud
Another day, another massive fraud scheme where private companies scam unaccountable public health programs and profit off of taxpayer dollars. This time the culprit is Walgreens: NEW YORK — Walgreens…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Williamson dismisses calls for ‘economic patriotism’
Kevin Williamson explains for National Review Online readers why he’s not buying into recent Democratic arguments about “economic patriotism.” Jack Lew, late of Citigroup and currently of the Obama administration,…
Health Care
Walgreen’s rX for coverage: a private exchange
In the “you read it here first” column: The Walgreen pharmacy chain announced Wednesday it would shift its insurance coverage for employees to a private health exchange run by Aon…
Liberty
Save Neighborhood Fiber, Destroy the Kids
And so, while we’re embracing promiscuity around children: “Steve Vinzani, who earned the rank of Eagle Scout, said he had to quit as leader of a Cub Scout troop in…
Liberty
Sense of Place Trumps Lowering Taxes
The Town of Black Mountain’s Board of Aldermen turned down a $2.1 million offer from Walgreens. The evil chain that amasses money by selling things people want (like prescription drugs,…