Carolina Journal
Volume 21, Number 1 - January 2012

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • BLS: Perdue violated jobs data agreement
  • Questions remain about Perdue flight operations

North Carolina:

  • UNC-CH profit centers could be in IRS crosshairs, Page 2
  • N.C. Council of State races ripe for brisk competition in 2012, Page 3
  • Petition only chance to resurrect MJ bill, Page 4
  • State Briefs, Page 4
  • Red Oak won't benefit from N.C.'s new microbrewery law, Page 5
  • State lawmakers may get tablets to replace outdated laptops, Page 6

Education:

  • Education expert assails slow pace of public school reform, Page 7
  • Kristen Blair commentary: Don't forget digital dossier, Page 7
  • School districts struggle with how to add new school days, Page 8
  • Republicans hope to capture state's top education office in 2012, Page 9

Higher Education:

  • Conservative Breitbart rips academia at UNC, Page 17
  • Albert Oettinger Jr. commentary: Why I no longer give to Duke, Page 17
  • Bauerlein: A lot of academic research is waste, Page 18
  • Campus Briefs, Page 18
  • Issues in Higher Education: Buckley's God and Man at Yale misunderstood 60 years later, Page 19

Local Government:

  • Auditor calls foul on NCHSAA pension arrangement, Page 10
  • Appeals court clarifies when employees can sue for libel, Page 11
  • Chad Adams commentary: Schrodinger's Commissioner, Page 11
  • Wilmington developers want new hotel locations limited, Page 12
  • From the Newsstands, Page 12
  • Cities sue, claiming annexation reform denies voting rights, Page 13

The Learning Curve:

  • Book review: Folsom's book portrays FDR as devious opportunist, Page 20
  •  From the Liberty Library, Page 20
  • Troy Kickler commentary: N.C. entertainers profiled on N.C. History Project website, Page 21
  • Book review: Painting overtaken by events, Page 22
  •  Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
  • Book review: Rice's second book, No Higher Honor, as good as her first, Page 23

Opinion:

  • Editorial: Flight plan clear as mud, Page 24
  • Mitch Kokai commentary: The right recipe for the poorest of the poor, Page 24
  • Editorial: Governor 'no,' Page 25
  • Editorial: Otherwise occupied, Page 25
  • John Hood commentary: A case for firing teachers, Page 25
  • Michael Walden commentary: The credit crunch, Page 26
  • Editorial Briefs, Page 26
  • Becki Gray commentary: Positive momentum from 2011, Page 27
  •  Daren Bakst commentary: Wind power and subsidies, Page 27

Parting Shot:

  • Federal officials target surplus Christmas trees (a CJ parody), Page 28

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