John Locke Foundation: Prudent Policy / Impeccable Research - Volume CCLXXVI | Eastern NC Now

    Publisher's note: We want our readers to 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.

JLF’s Terry Stoops warns against complacency in N.C. charter school movement

Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research, explains his fears about complacency within the N.C. public charter school movement. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.

Carolina Journal’s Rick Henderson discusses still-vacant Southport ‘megaport’

Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses problems surrounding a proposed “megaport” in Southport. Henderson offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio. Video courtesy of Carolina Journal Radio.

N.C. State’s Walden projects state economic picture for 2050

    Many of us wonder what lies ahead for the North Carolina economy next year. N.C. State professor Michael Walden wants to know what’s going to happen in 30 years.

    That’s why he titled his latest book North Carolina Beyond the Connected Age: The Tar Heel State in 2050. Walden shared key themes from the book during a presentation Monday for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.