Carolina Journal
Volume 18, Number 9 - September 2009

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Review blasts Price earmark waste
  • State continues Alcoa dams takeover bid
  • Town-hall anger could affect health-care vote

North Carolina:

  • Judge: Lawyers can't be compelled to fund judicial campaigns, Page 5
  • Study: Energy mandates decrease income, Page 6
  • State briefs, Page 6
  • Cowell hoping junk bonds will spur greater return on pensions, Page 7
  • Interview: Dr. C.L. Gray discusses the advent of post-Hippocratic medicine, Page 8

Education:

  • New science safety regulations aim to make classrooms safer, Page 9
  • Kristen Blair commentary: Rethinking the achievement gap, Page 9
  • Deal put onus of increased class sizes on local school boards, Page 10
  • Guilford cracks down on athletics after improper recruiting, Page 11
  • Community college changes affect high-schoolers, Page 12

Higher Education:

  • UNC system avoids fiscal austerity -- again, Page 13
  • Campus briefs, Page 13
  • Donor 'strings' prompt finding of inefficiences at UNC-CH, Page 14
  • Jenna Ashley Robinson commentary: A September letter to college students, Page 14
  • George Leef commentary: Can states calculate their 'productivity' in higher education?, Page 15

Local Government:

  • Annexations continue as reform on hold, Page 16
  • Town and County, Page 16
  • 'Just a pinch' could land a big fine in Hillsborough, Page 17
  • Michael Lowrey commentary: Legislature bats .500, Page 17
  • Monroe finds self in middle of Union County gas dispute, Page 18
  • Local Innovation Bulletin Board, Page 18
  • Suing city water systems depends on 'foreseeability' of problem, Page 19

The Learning Curve:

  • Book review: Gingrich: GOP needs to reach out to the center, Page 20
  • From the Liberty Library, Page 20
  • Troy Kickler commentary: Imagine our current politicians matching 'tweets' with Founders, Page 21
  • Book review: No compromise with Rockwell, Page 22
  • Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
  • Book review: Larry Tye's Satchel an entertaining by occasionally bumpy ride, Page 23

Opinion:

  • Editorial: N.C. needs the initiative, Page 24
  • Joseph Coletti commentary: Consumer-driven health care, Page 24
  • Editorial: The 2009 session, Page 25
  • Editorial: Gamblers & cartels, Page 25
  • John Hood commentary: A lobster, not a mobster, Page 25
  • Michael Walden commentary: The rich and revenues, Page 26
  • Letter to the editor, Page 26
  • Andy Taylor commentary: This regime needs some change, Page 27
  • Becki Gray commentary: 'A job was done,' Page 27

Parting Shot:

  • Rielle Hunter and baby visit Edwards beach house (a CJ parody), Page 28

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