The sober realization is that socialism is still challenging freedom — even with the irrefutable mountain of evidence of its abject failure and toll on humans everywhere it has been tried. Thanks to John Locke, we have a roadmap for freedom and opportunity that any of us can follow. Socialism has crippled nations and impoverished...
RALEIGH — More than 20 years after she left office, the late Margaret Thatcher’s name still evokes strong positive and negative reactions in Great Britain and around the world. John Blundell, former director general at the Institute of Economic Affairs and current visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, wrote the 2008 book, Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of the Iron Lady. Blundell discussed his memories of Thatcher during a presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. He also discussed Thatcher’s legacy with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — Lawmakers at the national, state and international level should avoid drastic measures to deal with global warming because of the huge economic costs for virtually no benefit, Dr. S. Fred Singer told a group of media and legislators Tuesday. The Kyoto Treaty calls for a 35 percent decrease in carbon dioxide emissions, which would require 35 percent less energy use, Singer said. If fully implemented, the global temperature difference would amount to one-fiftieth of a degree, a difference not even measurable by official weather service thermometers, he said.
RALEIGH — The media like to see themselves as society’s accountability police, constantly on the alert to prevent government officials or corporate leaders from getting off the hook. Whatever the issue, the media want answers. They want explanations. They want consequences. The public must understand what went wrong, they say, if only to prevent it from happening again. Funny, though, how that doesn’t apply to them.
In the wake of President Bush's address to the nation announcing imminent war in Iraq, news about the "coalition of the willing" continued to break around the world.
North Carolina's senior senator is headed to California, but the Democratic crowd awaiting him resembles Tony Blair's Labour critics.
Over in England, the news sounds awfully familiar: there are traffic problems, debates about “urban sprawl” and standardized testing, out-of-control medical spending, and silly protests about globalization and the Middle East.
After completing his 8-day trip to London, John Hood says the buzz in Great Britain about war with Iraq is unavoidable.
After completing his 8-day trip to London, John Hood says the buzz in Great Britain about war with Iraq is unavoidable.
