Carolina Journal
Volume 16, Number 2 - February 2007

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Legislature Faces Fiscal Reckoning in 2007
  • Good COP, Bad COP: Lawmakers Will Have to Decide

North Carolina:

  • Cultural Resources: We'll Make Tall Ships Event Debts 'Go Away', Page 4
  • Sentencing Continued for Former DOT Ferry Division Director, Page 4
  • Easley's Waterfront Lot Gains $648,365 in Value, Page 5

Education:

  • Parents Complain About CMS Conference Slides, Page 8
  • Appeals Court Rules Day Care Center has 'Charitable Purpose,' Page 9
  • Kakadelis Commentary: Public School Teachers and Choice, Page 9
  • State to Measure "Value Added' in Schools, Page 10
  • Educational Gaps Threaten U.S.'s Competitiveness, Page 11

Higher Education:

  • Bowles Led Accountability Charge in First Year, Page 12
  • UNC Likely to Propose Minimum Admission Standard for System, Page 13
  • Leef Commentary: Can You Spot the Fake Course?, Page 13
  • Bats in the Belltower, Page 14
  • New Ideas Coming to UNC-CH, Page 14
  • Can States Use Higher Education as an Economic Tonic?, Page 15

Local Government:

  • Local Innovation Bulletin Board, Page 18
  • From Cherokee to Currituck, Page 18
  • Winston-Salem Getting into Baseball Business, Page 19

The Learning Curve:

  • Book Review: Higgs and Close's "Re-Thinking Green," Page 20
  • Kickler Commentary: What's In a Name?: Colorful Place Names Hold a Lot of History, Page 21
  • Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
  • Book Review: Jeffrey Sachs' "The End of Poverty," Page 22
  • Book Review: Alan Reynolds' "Income and Wealth," Page 23

Opinion:

  • Chesser Commentary: Trucking South for Elections, Page 24
  • Editorial: The Cost of Safe, Legal Labor, Page 24
  • Editorial: Fossils Still Fuel the Future, Page 25
  • Editorial: We Need Prisons, But..., Page 25
  • Hood Commentary: Why Legislative Fairness Works, Page 25
  • Walden Commentary: Is World Governed By Economic Cycles?, Page 26
  • Rotterman Commentary: Berger: A Betrayal of Justice and Our National Security, Page 27
  • Letters to the Editor

Parting Shot:

  • Smug Levels Reach All-Time High in Orange/Chapel Hill (a CJ parody)

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