Occasional NRO-er (and guest Cornerite, Election ‘02) John Hood (North Carolina) writes:

Just caught the “Corner” posts on DC think tanks closing down due to Isabel, and I just have to say that you should have stuck to your guns. You were, of course, correct the first time. Here we are at the John Locke Foundation, in North Carolina, in the path of the storm, with the wind already whipping up and rains whomping down, the trees already shaking — and we’re open and working. We’re putting out a school-choice report and a piece on Smart Growth nonsense. We’re preparing for a Friday night event with former CIA director James Woolsey to assess the War thus far. And we’re getting ready to pounce on a new state law sure to come into play in the wake of the storm, a foolish law that purports to ban “price gouging” but will do little more than create artificial scarcity and long lines.
Now THAT’s dedication to the cause of freedom. Heritagers and Catons, this is no time to wimp out — particularly if your excuse is that you can’t get to your job because the government’s mass-transit system isn’t operating.