Carolina Journal
Volume 15, Number 9 - September 2006

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Will persistent scandals affect NC elections?
  • Former Conn. governor to discuss ethical lapses

North Carolina:

  • Continuation of "Scandals" story, page 2
  • Continuation of "Scandals" story, page 3
  • Continuation of "Scandals" story, page 4
  • Continuation of "Scandals" story, page 5

Education:

  • Schools find it's not cheap being "Green", page 8
  • State inconsistent in its views of standardized student tests, page 9
  • Lindalyn Kakadelis commentary: Spinning the numbers, page 9
  • Program teaches students entrepreneurship, page 10
  • Failing schools avoiding school-choice sanctions, page 11

Higher Education:

  • BOG prepares for task-filled academic year, page 12
  • Connerly to speak at conference, page 13
  • Shannon Blosser commentary: Erskine Bowles' serious test, page 13
  • Course of the Month: Duke tries to locate "Latina/o" on the ethno-racial pentagon, page 14
  • UNC-CH, UNC-G win LSAC grant for law school diversity review, page 14
  • Issues in Higher Education: "Whiteness studies" seek to bond white students in group guilt, page 15

Local Government:

  • Interstate highway system now 50 years old, page 16
  • Chad Adams commentary: Striving for efficiency, page 17
  • From Cherokee to Currituck, page 18
  • Toll roads gain headway as highway funding method, page 19

The Learning Curve:

  • Book review: Facts are inconvenient for Gore's enviro tome, page 20
  • Troy Kickler commentary: Political disagreements handled quite differently in 1802 NC, page 21
  • Short takes on culture, page 22
  • Book review: "Masterless" ideal for scholars, page 22
  • Book review: "Plowshares & Pork Barrels" exposes ag policy folly, page 23

Opinion:

  • Michael Lowrey commentary: Snubbing a referendum, page 24
  • Editorial: Jim Black must be pruned, page 24
  • Editorial: The issue of consolidation, page 25
  • Editorial: Identifying academic freedom, page 25
  • John Hood commentary: Limits to historic preservation, page 25
  • Mitch Kokai commentary: Legislative hijinks make little bills sad, page 26
  • Michael Walden commentary: An economist's top 10 proves they're not strange after all, page 27
  • Letters to the editor, page 27

Parting Shot:

  • Work begins on state-owned extreme sports center (a CJ parody), page 28

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