John Locke Foundation: Prudent Policy / Impeccable Research - Volume LXXVI | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: We want our read understand that there is wise policy afoot here in North Carolina, and to that end, we offer these excellent videos from our associates, in prudent policy research, at the John Locke Foundation.

    We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.


Duke's John Staddon makes the case against government smoking bans



Dr. John Staddon, professor emeritus at Duke University, discusses the weak public health case against smoking, a case he explores in more detail in the book Unlucky Strike. Staddon offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 595).


JLF's Katherine Restrepo discusses N.C. certificate-of-need restrictions



Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation health and human services policy analyst, discusses the impact of North Carolina's certificate-of-need restrictions on health care. Restrepo offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 596).


JLF's Sarah Curry discusses N.C. property taxes



Sarah Curry, John Locke Foundation director of fiscal policy studies, discusses property tax rates in North Carolina. Curry offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 596).

Go Back


Leave a Guest Comment

Your Name or Alias
Your Email Address ( your email address will not be published)
Enter Your Comment ( no code or urls allowed, text only please )




NCGA: The brave new world of the House GOP (A rightward shift?) John Locke Foundation Guest Editorial, Editorials, Op-Ed & Politics Ferguson riots a GOOD LESSON for Wake County Schools? (Seriously ????)


HbAD0

Latest Op-Ed & Politics

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic, reportedly the first time a president or vice president has visited an abortion facility.
University of Wisconsin tried to punish conservatives for the fact that liberals regularly commit crimes to silence opposition
most voters think EU officials not doing a good job on illegal immigration
Be careful what you wish for, you may get it
Come from behind by GOP candidate is a blueprint to 2024
Biden spending and energy policies to blame
Tuberculosis carried by illegal invaders has already infected Texas cattle
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said this week that the only campaign promise President Joe Biden has delivered on as president is the complete dismantling of the U.S. southern border.

HbAD1

Hamas is reeling after losing two of their most cherished leaders on the same day: military commander Saleh al-Arouri, and Harvard President Claudine Gay.
President Joe Biden’s brother told the Internal Revenue Service that Hunter Biden told him he was in business with a “protege of President Xi,” referring to the leader of China, according to notes by an IRS investigator that were divulged during a congressional interview of Jim Biden.
Gov. Roy Cooper seeks a temporary restraining order to block a law changing the composition of the State Board of Elections.
X owner Elon Musk mocked a news segment from ABC News this week that promoted President Joe Biden’s talking points about the Democrat-led Senate’s failed border bill, which critics and many experts have said would make the situation on the border worse.
That’s the question Marguerite Roza of Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab sought to answer in a recent webinar on the topic.
The University of Florida has fired all of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) employees and shut down its DEI office.
Hot on the heels of its highly publicized television performance on New Year's Eve, the pop-punk band Green Day announced the release of an edgy new album titled Get the Vaccine, Climate Change Is Real, and Trump Is Bad.
Glenn Beck: 'When the United States government can come after individuals, that's when you know our republic is crumbling.'
Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) reportedly blasted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for “stonewalling” details about the illegal immigrant accused of murdering Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia college student.

HbAD2

 
Back to Top