Carolina Journal
Volume 20, Number 6 - June 2011

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Perdue snubs Alcoa jobs announcement
  • Corruption charges stop at Easley and top aide

North Carolina:

  • State health care plan still facing bankruptcy, Page 2
  • 2011 NCGA scorecard: The good, the bad, and the incomplete, Page 3
  • Bills aim to 'drive Alcoa out of the state,' Page 4
  • State Briefs, Page 4
  • Parents ask General Assembly to legalize professional midwives, Page 5

Education:

  • Decade-old Ragsdale project may finally move forward, Page 7
  • Dr. Terry Stoops commentary: Teacher layoffs? Blame Obama, Page 7
  • Charter schools on back burner in favor of budgets, Page 8
  • American Renaissance School makes old things new again, Page 9

Higher Education:

  • U.S. News project could put ed schools to the test, Page 17
  • Jane Shaw commentary: Where are the conservatives?, Page 17
  • Value of a degree? Probably not a million bucks, Page 18
  • Campus Briefs, Page 18
  • Issues in Higher Education: By our measure, UNC system professors are not overworked, Page 19

Local Government:

  • First step in annexation reform looms, Page 10
  • Town and County, Page 10
  • Cabarrus vote supports JLF's findings about tax-issue voting, Page 11
  • Chad Adams commentary: The challenge of tough times, Page 11
  • Durham residents seek city funds for developer's errors, Page 12
  • From the Newsstands, Page 12
  • Court: Residents not bound by developer-city annexation pact, Page 13

The Learning Curve:

  • Book review: Essays an important boost to the cause of liberty, Page 20
  • From the Liberty Library, Page 20
  • Dr. Troy Kickler commentary: N.C.'s Archibald MacLaine: One of the noncelebrity founders, Page 21
  • Book review: Chosen a small but powerful book, Page 22
  • Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
  • Book review: Farewell to 'the most interesting American,' Theodore Roosevelt, Page 23

Opinion:

  • Editorial: Putting limits on grass-roots tyranny, Page 24
  • Becki Gray commentary: Problem not lack of spending, Page 24
  • John Hood commentary: The N.C. budget, explained for 5th-graders, Page 25
  • Editorial: Consensus tax cut, Page 25
  • Editorial: Conspiracy theories, Page 25
  • Michael Walden commentary: The economy's 'Significant Six,' Page 26
  • Letter to the editor, Page 26
  • Editorial Briefs, Page 26
  • Rick Henderson commentary: Leave 'business progressivism' to the history books, Page 27
  • Marc Rotterman commentary: Mr. President, illegal immigration is no joke, Page 27

Parting Shot:

  • Poole's bodyguards inspire Blackwater founder (a CJ parody), Page 28

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