Carolina Journal
Volume 16, Number 6 - June 2007

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Time for Randy Parton Theatre to deliver
  • Would rural areas benefit from ECU dental school?

North Carolina:

  • Former NCDOT head: Transportation system broken, page 5

Education:

  • Public-employee collective bargaining gets airing, page 8
  • Minority achievement feted, but is gap actually narrowing? page 9
  • Lindalyn Kakadelis commentary: The lateral-entry boondoggle, page 9
  • Program teachers students work of historians, page 10
  • Confusion reigns over Eastern High School financing, page 11

Higher Education:

  • UNC-CH faculty defeat achievement index, page 12
  • Report: UNC salaries fare well compared to other universities, page 13
  • George Leef commentary: Should you invest in education? page 13
  • Bats in the Belltower, page 14
  • 'Western 2 Step' program aims to smooth college transfers, page 14
  • What if the U.S. News' university rankings went bye-bye? page 15

Local Government:

    ' Smart growth' seen as threat by some residents, page 16
  • Greensboro council sets date for recall petition discussion, page 17
  • Chad Adams commentary: Sales tax consistency, page 17
  • Local Innovation Bulletin Board, page 18
  • From Cherokee to Currituck, page 18

The Learning Curve:

  • Book review: Gratzer sees freedom as cure for health care, page 20
  • Troy Kickler commentary: Food Lion's Ketner sets example of hard work and risk taking, page 21
  • Short takes on culture, page 22
  • Book review: Obama's Audacity of Hope sings same old liberal song, page 22
  • Book review — Kleiner: Occupational Licensing an attack on liberty, page 23

Opinion:

  • Michael Lowrey commentary: Seeking justice, page 24
  • Editorial: The death of voting in N.C., page 24
  • Editorial: Smoking bans and property, page 25
  • Editorial: Sunshine and hospitals, page 25
  • John Hood commentary: Bare facts on Wright's wrongs, page 25
  • Michael Walden commentary: Can economics solve pollution problems? page 26
  • Becki Gray commentary: Citizens pay dearly for General Assembly dallying, page 27
  • Letters to the editor, page 27

Parting Shot:

  • Group pushes for new ethics-sensitive legislative pay (a CJ parody), page 28

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