Tag: John Locke Foundation

#ncpol: John Locke, neutered?

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I’ve had my suspicions about what HAS or HAS NOT been going on within the John Locke Foundation lately. The so-called hotbed of free market thought in North Carolina has

The cost of government

Posted on September 13, 2015September 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There is a lot of hubbub about the state budget right now. We’re hearing a lot from county and city officials moaning about how hard it is to do business

#NCGA: Jones Street mafia targeting Civitas, Locke & US ????

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, General Maximus has unleashed hell upon the powers-that-be within the North Carolina General Assembly. From what I hear, the common folks beyond the beltline DID NOT vote in a Republican

Quality over Quantity: the key to public schools success

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I just love it when liberals prove us right. The Center for American Progress — A Soros-funded far-left think tank — recently released a study breaking down by jurisdiction each school

Monkey Business Report: NC’s e-cig tax

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We posted previously about the General Assembly’s vote to enact a tax on e-cigarettes. E-cigs are a relatively new phenomenon. They are devices that emit odorless vapor instead of that

Teacher pay, job satisfaction and the politics of public education

Posted on January 5, 2014January 6, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The Round Rev and his rabble regularly showed up at The Legislative Building in Raleigh over the last year demanding that education spending and teacher pay be elevated to at

Conservative revolutionaries? Try drunken sailors.

Posted on November 6, 2013November 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Chris Fitzsimon, Bill Barber and the gang want us to believe that the GOP majority in Raleigh has cut state government to the bone. Thom Tillis — the

Corruption, dishonesty are bi-partisan ailments

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I heard through the grapevine that John Hood thinks I don’t like him very much. (For the record, all I know of him is what I read in his

John Locke, AFP, and NCGOP: Devaluing conservatism in North Carolina

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

There are an awful lot of people who make the mistake of equating being “Republican” with being “conservative.” Look at our alleged conservative majority in the North

Tillis, Black Caucus, John Locke Foundation team up to bash Senate GOP for NOT SPENDING MORE MONEY

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light