Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses poor polling numbers for President Biden.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 3:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses a controversy surrounding the N.C. Supreme Court and a case tied to the 2018 voter ID amendment.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 9:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 3:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 2:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us most here in North Carolina, and is distilled for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video.
Published: Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 9:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The head of the FBI has characterized Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as "extremely careless" in handling sensitive - even classified - information on her private email server when she led the U.S. State Department
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 5:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The unexpected death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia overshadowed all other news emerging from the U.S. Supreme Court during the past year
Published: Sunday, August 28th, 2016 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Pulitzer Prize winner Gaul examines elite programs in recent book... It's no secret that the world of college football involves huge amounts of money.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 5:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ever since the movie "Wall Street" hit the big screen in 1987, left-of-center pundits and partisans have tried to tie conservatives and Republicans to that movie's villain, Gordon Gekko. His motto was "Greed is good." Twenty-eight years later, Ed Morrissey argues that Gekko's most famous saying...
Published: Monday, October 5th, 2015 @ 5:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the next president of the United States sits down for the first time in the Oval Office, the top item on his to-do list might involve policies designed to boost a sluggish economy. Or perhaps she will survey the international landscape and focus on efforts to crush ISIS and contain Russian and...
Published: Monday, October 5th, 2015 @ 12:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Markets tend to work better than government in helping to solve problems. That's the idea economist Richard Vedder promoted to a group of North Carolina lawmakers during a recent visit to Raleigh. Vedder is a professor at Ohio University, director of the Center for College Affordability and...
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Original documents should play an important role in American history education. That's the approach from Roger Beckett, executive director of the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University. Beckett explained his preference for original historical documents over textbooks during a recent presentation...
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2015 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is a right-to-work state, but that hasn't stopped labor unions from trying to find new ways to boost their membership. Bruce Clarke, president and CEO of Capital Associated Industries, addressed the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society in 2014 on the topic...
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 5:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The "great man" theory of history fell out of favor before Winston Churchill took a leading role on the world stage. It's too bad. That theory seems custom-designed for Churchill, who almost singlehandedly blocked one of the 20th century's greatest evils from triumphing over all of Europe.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 10:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Conservatives have spent much time in recent years talking about repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. Avik Roy, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and opinion editor at Forbes, has a different idea. Roy issued a report in 2014 titled...
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2015 @ 11:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"We're in trouble" in the Middle East, according to the retired U.S. Army brigadier general and best-selling military thriller author who also happens to oversee the N.C. Department of Transportation.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 3:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's easy to understand why a group of environmental activists would support new government rules promoting the use of "renewable," "green," or "clean" energy sources. Misguided as the rules might be, they would appear to align government policy more closely to the environmentalists' goals.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 3:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you live in a city with a government-owned convention center, chances are pretty good that it's a money loser. It's also a good bet that government leaders think they can fix the problem by spending more money on the convention center and its surrounding amenities. Heywood Sanders, professor...
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 5:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rock 'n' roll is fun; it makes us move, smile, and sing. Dr. Larry Schweikart, professor of history at the University of Dayton, says rock 'n' roll also can change the world. He's the driving force behind the movie Rockin' The Wall. Schweikart discussed the movie's key themes with Mitch Kokai for...
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 6:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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George Gilder doesn't quote the Bard in his latest book, but one could picture him as Hamlet to his reader's Horatio, pointing out: "There are more things in heaven and earth ... than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Published: Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 @ 11:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Contemplate an event from recent world history that has potential to produce an informative, thought-provoking book, and it's unlikely that you would choose one 48-hour period with action limited to a hotel conference room in a remote corner of the world. Even less promising: Most of the action...
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 12:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As Americans continue to struggle with a sluggish economy, policymakers could learn useful lessons from a president who served in office more than 80 years ago. That's the view of Amity Shlaes, director of the Four Percent Growth Project at the George W. Bush Center, nationally syndicated...
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 1:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Russia has witnessed massive changes over the past two decades. Not all of them have been good. Yuri Maltsev, professor of economics at Carthage College, served as a top economics adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, before Maltsev defected to the United...
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 4:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When you drive over uneven pavement or hit a pothole on a North Carolina road, you might wonder whether drivers in other states face better or worse driving conditions. Dr. David Hartgen of The Hartgen Group, emeritus professor of transportation studies at the University of North Carolina at...
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2013 @ 12:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Critics often blast entrepreneurs as people who think only about ways to make a buck. That characterization bothers Felix Livingston, professor of economics at Flagler College. During a spring visit to Campbell University, Livingston explained why he's promoting a concept called...
Published: Sunday, July 7th, 2013 @ 6:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers have devoted much of their time in recent years to expanding parental choice in education. One option they might want to pursue in...
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2013 @ 3:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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James Madison is often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution." But Madison's ties to the U.S. Constitution go beyond the role he played at its birth. Jeff Broadwater, professor of history at Barton College, highlights...
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 @ 11:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's much tradition associated with the office of president of the United States. That wasn't true back in 1791, when the first president, George Washington, was serving his first term. Washington's decision to tour Southern states that year set an interesting precedent for his successors.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 @ 11:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's tough enough for a small business to succeed when it faces competition in the open market. It's even tougher when government puts up roadblocks in the form of high taxes or excessive regulation.
Published: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 9:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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America always has had richer and poorer people. In the past, they were different primarily in the amount of money they had.
Published: Saturday, January 5th, 2013 @ 1:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Great Recession offered new ammunition to those attacking the American system of free enterprise, while defenders of that system have spent recent years refining their arguments.
Published: Friday, December 21st, 2012 @ 12:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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