Carolina Journal
Volume 17, Number 12 - December 2008

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Cruisin' for transportation cash
  • Is Fairness Doctrine on a hit list?

North Carolina:

  • Greensboro voters nix retrofit of old auditorium, Page 4
  • Despite reforms, state's problems with mental health persist, Page 4
  • Henninger: Facts are 'endangered species' in political debate, Page 5
  • Board member doesn't disclose tag store, Page 6

Education:

  • For charter schools in N.C. high demand and long waits, Page 9
  • Terry Stoops commentary: Trivial testing, Page 9
  • Forsyth mulls nonpartisan school board race, Page 10
  • Free-market after-school art program plans to expand in N.C., Page 11
  • Merit-based pay miffs teachers' unions

Higher Education:

  • Notre Dame scholar Ralph McInerny explains neglect of Great Books on college campuses, Page 13
  • George Leef commentary: Unintended consequences, Page 14
  • N.C. State student president rejects 'liberal propaganda', Page 14
  • Jay Schalin commentary: Ayers-like social justice prominent at UNC School of Education, Page 15

Local Government:

  • Pinehurst, Pinewild feud over annexation, Page 16
  • November elections bring local-tax 'no' votes to 48, Page 17
  • Chad Adams commentary: Learning to do more with less, Page 17
  • Local Innovation Bulletin Board, Page 18
  • Global credit meltdown to cost Raleigh $730,000, Page 18
  • Fraud indictments prompt needed reform in federal program, Page 19

The Learning Curve:

  • Book review: Richard Epstein's Supreme Neglect, Page 20
  • Troy Kickler commentary: Babe Ruth hit his first home run and pitched his first win in N.C., Page 21
  • Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
  • Book review: Edgar Browning's Stealing From Each Other, Page 22

Opinion:

  • David N. Bass commentary: GOP hits rock bottom, Page 24
  • Editorial: Highway robbery, Page 24
  • Editorial: Tax proportionality, Page 25
  • Editorial: Impediment to reform, Page 25
  • John Hood commentary: Time to close freedom deficit, Page 25
  • Michael Walden commentary: Steering the economic ship, Page 26
  • Marc Rotterman commentary: Recapping the 2008 elections, Page 27
  • Letters to the editor, Page 27

Parting Shot:

  • Dan Gerlach, unfiltered: Turning over a new LEAF (a CJ parody), Page 28

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