Carolina Journal
Volume 16, Number 3 - March 2007

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Landowners face property-species conflict
  • N.C. smoking-related Medicaid burden still heavy

North Carolina:

  • Edwards hom in Orange County is largest private residence, page 4
  • Berger brings issue of payments to controversial films to CNN, page 4
  • Legislators told to act now on prison-bed shortage, page 5

Education:

  • Year-round schools foes voting with their feet, page 8
  • N.C. lottery revenues to fall $73 million short of estimates, page 9
  • Lindalyn Kakadelis commentary: Yes, the truth hurts, page 9
  • School funding 'inequitable and outmoded,' page 10
  • Federal survey doesn't concern homeschool parents, page 11

Higher Education:

  • College costs become political football in D.C., page 12
  • UNC tuition up across board, page 13
  • Jenna Ashley Robinson commentary: V-Day: Strippint away modesty and dignity, page 13
  • Bats in the Belltower: How campus leftists celebrate Valentine's Day, page 14.
  • Big education conference concerned with the wrong things, page 15

Local Government:

  • Triad's HOT plan doesn't excite some officials, page 16
  • Apex gives homeowners holiday, page 17
  • Chad Adams commentary: Simplify, simplify, page 17
  • Beach market takes on chill, page 18
  • N.C. Supreme Court rebukes Town of Hillsborough, page 19

The Learning Curve:

  • Book Review: P.J. O'Rourke's On the Wealth of Nations, page 20
  • Troy Kicker commentary: Office of N.C. lieutenant governor has an interesting history, page 21
  • Book Review: Richard Posner's The Little Book of Plagiarism, page 22
  • Book Review: Peter Wood's A Bee in the Mouth, page 23

Opinion:

  • Richard Wagner commentary: Clueless on Jones Street, page 24
  • Editorial: Predictable lottery results, page 24
  • Editorial: 'Two Americas' balderdash, page 25
  • Editorial: Useful traffic initiatives, page 25
  • John Hood commentary: On hubris and cocooning, page 25
  • Michael Walden commentary: What did Milton Friedman teach us? page 26
  • Marc Rotterman commentary: Bold leadership required by Republicans in Congress, page 27
  • Becki Gray commentary: Despite changes, it's still too easy to get a N.C. driver's license, page 27

Parting Shot:

  • Lottery Commission sees unemployed as fertile market (a CJ parody), page 28

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