Jon Sanders is a policy analyst and research editor at the John Locke Foundation in Raleigh, N.C. Sanders has been published in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, FrontPage Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Freeman, the Philadelphia Inquirer and numerous newspapers in North Carolina. Sanders has been an adjunct instructor in economics at North Carolina State University, and he holds a masters degree in economics with a minor in statistics and a bachelors degree in English literature and language from N.C. State. Sanders is a native of Garner, NC. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ An Associated Press story last week related "good news" about expected heating costs this winter: namely, it will cost people less to heat their homes this year, according to the Energy Information Administration. To... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2009/10/13/apparently_a_less-warm_planet_requires_loads_of_pork,_red_tape,_and_union_favoritism efa03b90-e384-49c9-bfce-9b2e5d6e7c6c Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT I have just gotten off the Patients First bus after touring North Carolina with Americans for Prosperity and speaking out against Pres. Obama's healthcare legislation. I spoke to thousands upon thousands of my fellow... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2009/08/11/what_i_saw_at_the_healthcare_rallies dbf627f6-2e8e-4941-96d5-974c5f4462ca Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT Despite months of campaigning, pleading, browbeating, demonizing insurance companies and upstart Republicans and stretching the truth on a Procrustean bed of sound bytes, Pres. Obama is seeing increased opposition to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2009/08/04/hope_and_change_meet_the_devil_in_the_details b4379ccd-55a6-4d9c-825e-6a2a8914bcc9 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT SPENDING SCARED: WHITE HOUSE PUTS OFF RELEASE OF BUDGET UPDATE... RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $2,531,600 FOR 'HAM, WATER ADDED, COOKED, FROZEN, SLICED, 2-LB'... RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $1,191,200 FOR '2 POUND FROZEN HAM... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2009/07/20/greenbacks_and_ham,_by_dr_sluice 2abe7e7f-fac2-4aca-855d-240895cfe544 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:36:38 GMT Never let it be said that Vice President Joe Biden is a useless gaffe-a-minute bumbler who sorely tries his president's fear of public ridicule. As a little noted occurrence Friday showed, Biden is not useless. Our... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2009/07/17/and_thats_because_we_already_have_joe_biden 843de387-0acd-4583-801f-3104bea7a785 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:36:47 GMT It is apparently not enough for President Barack Obama to ramrod through a host of statist programs and czarify the entire U.S. government. He wants people to think his federal power grabs are perfectly in line with the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2009/07/07/face_it,_obama,_you_cant_grab_power_in_the_spirit_of_american_independence 2af6472b-64e5-4e5d-b628-a906e64f15eb Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:14:15 GMT The perception that the Obama administration is exceptionally two-faced concerning budget matters is, believe it or not, unfair. Granted, Pres. Obama calling his multi-trillion-dollar spending plan with its... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2009/04/30/obamas_revenue_relativism_-_how_$100_million_is_large_when_$8_billion_is_small 8f599c29-3936-4de9-a9ec-eb99195d1ade Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:25:30 GMT In Hialeah, Florida, in 2006, a woman walked into an abortion clinic, and the doctor lost the patient. That is, the baby was born. Only then was it deposited in the biohazard bag, where it eventually died. Oddly... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2009/02/09/a_baby_died_at_the_abortion_clinic,_and_this_is_supposed_to_be_news 5bffe2bc-8cd1-4a26-8428-964cbb2c80dc Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:41:46 GMT As President Barack Obama and Congress wrestle over the ironically named economic stimulus plan, the ever-ready-to-serve media are churning out feel-good articles about the likely recipients of all that federal dough... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2009/01/28/economic_stimulus_and_other_outdated_quackery 03a98233-5534-49eb-a64d-01b88773d7c6 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:47:29 GMT America is on the precipice of Great Depression II: Free Markets Bugaboo. We are in fact teetering on the brink, and if you don't know what teetering is, suffice it to say that anything that sounds like a titmouse in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2008/10/02/how_wooden_arrows_will_save_america 7d457bc3-c461-40ee-970c-f1cf46d84c21 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:40:04 GMT To: [Undisclosed recipients]From: The White HouseSubject: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP My fellow Americans, I am TOP OFFICIAL IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT who have confidence in your ability and reliability to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2008/09/30/everything_we_know_for_federal_bailout_we_got_from_nigerian_e-mail 0dba075c-bf13-42dd-89f8-dae412bc5cab Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:34:22 GMT In a famous moment of American oratory, President John F. Kennedy during his inaugural address urged "my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." Such a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2008/09/18/when_democrats_attack_your_patriotism 9e720384-9277-4f98-80dc-d2d5b9b3982a Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:42:04 GMT Called "the definitive Democratic insider" by The News & Observer of Raleigh, campaign adviser Gary Pearce has worked for several notable North Carolina Democrats, from Sen. John Edwards to four-time Gov. Jim Hunt,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2008/08/29/lying_is_moral_when_your_god_is_electing_democrats 97b5a8d6-3d1d-4edd-9b13-fdd54a0b2875 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT If there were a handbook produced for state lawmakers entitled "Economic Growth: How Best to Stop It Without Making Voters Think That's What You Want," it would promote high progressive tax rates to care for the poor... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2008/07/29/tell_the_legislators_low_taxes_and_regulations_are_good_for_growth c0e36770-bb19-4c86-a60e-aebb940fffa8 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:49:05 GMT "Knock, knock.""Who's there?""Barack Obama.""That's not funny." According to the New York Times, which rumor has it is a newspaper of some repute in New York City, professional comedians can find very little to joke... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonSanders/2008/07/17/laughing_at_obama_is_good_for_the_country,_and_fun_too 63baf661-b2eb-48d9-9619-82154dfacf13 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:21:17 GMT