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Articles by John Hood

(7.15.03) Getting Airport Security Right
The California-based Reason Foundation has developed a rational way to approach airport security. Unfortunately, rationality doesn't seem to rule in Washington.

(7.14.03) NC Scores on Writing Test
After the release of test scores a few weeks ago that likely exaggerated North Carolina's gains in reading since 1998, a new writing test offers unadulterated good news.

(7.13.03) Edwards & His Three Challengers
Sen. John Edwards now has three challengers for his place on the Democratic national ticket in 2004. No, not that one.

(7.11.03) UNC Isn't for Liberal Education -- Correctly Defined
I am strongly in favor of liberal education. Unfortunately, University of North Carolina officials seem perfectly content to permit only Liberal education. The difference between the two concepts is telling.

(7.10.03) Picking Up Pieces of Sky
Responding to the Easley administration's allegation of being a "Chicken Little" on the NC economy means picking up a lot of pieces of sky that must have fallen from somewhere.

(7.09.03) The Book-Burners Are Coming -- Again!
Another debate has broken out at UNC-Chapel Hill about a controversial freshmen reading assignment. Expect charges of "censorship" to swirl, obscuring the real issues.

(7.08.03) And Now, The Phipps Indictment
Resigning from the post of commissioner of agriculture did not protect Meg Scott Phipps from criminal prosecution, but it may have softened the blow a bit.

(7.07.03) Our Priorities Out of Whack
Rep. Martin Nesbit opposed Monday's passage in the NC House of a tourism-incentive bill. His was the right vote, for the right reason.

(7.06.03) Slow and Not-So-Steady Loses the Race
Checking in with the latest employment numbers shows that North Carolina's relative economic position continues to weaken.

(7.04.03) A Budgetary Blood-Letting — Withou the Blood
If North Carolina's fiscal problems were so massive that state services were subjected to a "blood-letting" by heartless legislators, why is the state budget growing by more than a billion dollars?

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