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Article: Thinking out loud. (John Locke Foundation Pres. John Hood)
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- Business North Carolina
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- June 1, 1996
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Want an earful? Just ask the president of the John Locke Foundation if he believes laissez faire gets a fair shake.
John Hood zips down Raleigh's Beltline in his teal-green Saturn, a "Starfleet Academy" sticker stripped across the rear window and Paganini oozing out the back speakers. Late for lunch with a newspaper editor, the president of the John Locke Foundation is trying to explain how his libertarian think tank, once written off as a coven of right-wing reactionaries, has become a force in state politics.
"It always takes time for a new organization to build credibility," says Hood, who's wearing these massive sunglasses that make him look like a giant ...