Regulation
Government regulations typically restrict people’s behaviors and choices– causing economic damage, especially to society’s vulnerable who can least afford to comply. Locke works to deregulate and support innovation and growth.
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Now that Democrats have officially nominated Joe Biden as their presidential candidate, the electoral campaign enters a new stage in North Carolina and the rest of the country. Rick Henderson…
The Right AOC on Point: Gym owners blast lawmaker who voted against them four times
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” discusses a recent social media furor involving N.C. gym owners and a lawmaker who voted against their businesses reopening. Contact Amy…
Gun ownership growing in U.S.
Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon details Americans’ growing interest in owning guns. Nearly five million Americans became first-time gun owners in 2020, according to a new report. The…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online that Republican legislators label Gov. Roy Cooper’s new budget proposal “spend now, pray later.” John Trump’s Daily Journal calls Cooper’s approach to COVID-19…
Report Calls for Medical Licensure Reform in the Wake of COVID-19
COVID-19 revealed severe issues in the U.S. health care system, including the distribution of health care professionals and the restrictions we put on those professionals. The report calls for a…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on the impact of hospital consolidation for a western N.C. nurses union debate. John Hood’s Daily Journal highlights a little-known N.C. historical figure…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Will vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris help or hurt Democrats in North Carolina? Rick Henderson addresses that question and analyzes Harris’ credentials during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.…
Flashback: Kamala Harris’ record as a state attorney general
Wondering what kind of vice president Kamala Harris would be? You can get a pretty clear idea from reading what I wrote about her when she was attorney general of…
Shower rules: When government regulates the most personal parts of life
Editors at the Washington Examiner decry “the petty tyrants in your shower,” exposing a clear case of federal government overregulation. When President Trump objected to federal regulations of shower heads…
Harvard Epidemiologist Says FDA Is Blocking a Breakthrough COVID-19 Strategy
In a recent article in the Harvard Gazette, Michal Mina (assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital) explains why cheap, daily,…
Martin Center column advocates GED equivalent for college degree
Bill McMillan writes for the Martin Center about an alternative to the traditional college degree. As higher education undergoes dramatic changes thanks to the coronavirus, reformers should aim higher than…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
As Carolina Journal Radio marks its 900th weekly episode, Amy Cooke looks ahead to the future of the program’s role in promoting individual freedom, personal responsibility, and limited constitutional government.…