John Locke Foundation

#Stopthesteal refers to stealing their culture as much as the election

by Thomas Mills | Dec 16, 2020 | Editor's Blog | 5 comments

State Senator Bob Steinberg gives us insight into exactly how crazy the right has become. In an interview with WRAL, he told reporter Travis Fain that he believes in a broad, international conspiracy to steal the election from Donald Trump. He can offer no evidence of...

A tale of lies, deception and no consequences

by Thomas Mills | Sep 12, 2019 | Editor's Blog | 1 comment

As president, Donald Trump has exposed the central flaw in our government and democracy. To work, it requires honest brokers. He’s not one and, as long as his party backs him up, there’s no way to hold him accountable. He lies with impunity and the GOP just looks the...

Economic freedom is about more than just free markets

by Thomas Mills | Mar 6, 2019 | Editor's Blog

Yesterday, Mitch Kokai of the John Locke Foundation wrote an interesting piece that seemed to fly in the face of everything the Locke Foundation advocates. Kokai noted that a lecturer at Duke University pointed out that northern European countries like Norway and...

Why Rob’s right

by Thomas Mills | Sep 25, 2014 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NC Politics | 5 comments

For political junkies the debate between Rob Christensen, columnist for the News & Observer, and John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation, is just delicious. Hood argues that North Carolina is not exceptional in its growth and is actually quite similar to...

It’s not math. It’s priorities.

by Thomas Mills | Sep 18, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Education, US Senate | 1 comment

Seems Thom Tillis and the GOP are upset about the Democratic ads claiming Republicans cut $500 million from education. They claim the ads are false and cite several fact checkers that have cast doubt about the numbers. Yesterday, John Hood of the John Locke Foundation...