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.
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending February 7
This past week 98.5% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Nevertheless, 49 out of every 50 (98.2%) adult North Carolinians — and more than 24…
Cooper Tries to Order North Carolinians to Change How They Go Places
Gov. Cooper ordered 1.25 million electric vehicles (EVs) to be registered and for EVs to account for half of all sales in North Carolina by 2030. Cooper directed state agencies…
Cooper Tries to Change the Entire North Carolina Economy with an Order
On Jan. 7, Gov. Cooper issued an executive order demanding that everyone — from government officials to businesses to people in general — "take significant action to achieve" his goals…
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending January 31
This past week 97.7% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Nevertheless, 39 out of 40 (97.4%) adult North Carolinians — and more…
Top Tech Companies Then and Now
The Internet has come a long way from the days of AOL’s universally recognized dial-up sound, Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service, and MySpace’s top friends list. What used to be seen as a…
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending January 24
This past week 96.8% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Nevertheless, 24 out of 25 (96.1%) adult North Carolinians — and 93.7% of all…
“Freedom and Whisky” and the Opposite: Lessons from a Burns Night in Raleigh
The pub itself is now gone, a victim of Gov. Cooper’s idiotic lockdowns. A public house for community gathering, eating, drinking, singing, dancing, even poetry reading cannot survive long on…
Who Contracted Covid-19 in NC in December?
Over the month of December, 59.7% of new Covid-19 cases in North Carolina were to unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated individuals. Only 5.3% of new cases were to people who…
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending January 18
This past week 96.6% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Also, about 19 out of 20 (94.9%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Be Terrified! Watch WRAL Sensationalize a DHHS Data Dump
DHHS adds a glut of cases from Dec. 31 to Jan. 11. WRAL's danger-red "BREAKING" banner blares: "44,833 people in NC tested positive for COVID in the past 24 hrs."
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending January 10
Image source: Screenshot from a Youtube video posted Jan. 8 featuring happy crowds enjoying the NC Chinese Lantern Festival at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, which does not require masks…
Fell Off a Ladder and Came Down with Covid
Since at least October 2020, we have been trying to find out how many of North Carolina’s Covid-19 hospitalizations were for people whose Covid infection was so bad that it put…