Carolina Journal
Volume 16, Number 9 - September 2007

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Job procedure for Decker skirted state law
  • Decker says he brought shame on God and family

North Carolina:

  • State's prosecutors like federal corruption-fighting tools, Page 3
  • Partisans disagree about partisan wrangling, Page 6

Education:

  • More science, math teachers needed, Page 8
  • JLF: Math scores not tied to time in the classroom, Page 9
  • Lindalyn Kakadelis commentary: Carry on the fight, Page 9
  • 'Virtual charters' targeting home-schoolers, Page 10
  • Al Gore heads Gov.'s School summer film choices, Page 11

Higher Education:

  • New law makes lateral-entry teaching easier, Page 12
  • Budget a big victory for Bowles, Easley, but mixed for taxpayers, Page 13
  • Jane Shaw commentary: Still puzzling over learn and earn, Page 13
  • Academic freedom 'imperiled', Page 14
  • Former Harvard dean to speak at 2007 Pope Center conference, Page 14
  • Issues in Higher Education: Is training NASCAR workers a proper role for the state? Page 15

Local Government:

  • N.C. Senate denies vote on eminent domain, Page 16
  • Ruling allows town to extend its territorial jurisdiction, Page 17
  • Chad Adams commentary: Whose property is it, anyway? Page 17
  • Local innovation bulletin board, Page 18
  • From Cherokee to Currituck, Page 18
  • Greensboro's 'smart growth' rep spurs projects, Page 19

The Learning Curve:

  • Movie review: Michael Moore's "SiCKO", Page 20
  • Troy Kickler commentary: A two-year progress report on the N.C. History Project, Page 21
  • Short takes on culture, Page 22
  • Movie review: Florian Nenckel von Donnersmarck's "The Lives of Others", Page 22
  • Book review: J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Page 23

Opinion:

  • Paul Chesser commentary: Alarmed by deniers, Page 24
  • Editorial: Unintended consequences, Page 24
  • Editorial: Public-private highways, Page 25
  • Editorial: Electoral gamesmanship, Page 25
  • John Hood commentary: A failed big-money lawsuit, Page 25
  • Michael Walden commentary: How 'elastic' are lottery ticket sales? Page 26
  • Becki Gray commentary: Majority party procedures ignore millions of citizens, Page 26
  • Letters to the editor, Page 26

Parting Shot:

  • Commerce Department to launch theater division (a CJ parody), page 28

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