Carolina Journal
Volume 18, Number 1 - January 2009

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Embracing compact growth: Raleigh planners urge remake of city in their image of what modern urban life should be
  • Green for thee but not for me: City's top planner advocates New Urbanism, but lives classic suburban lifestyle

North Carolina:

  • Credit crisis making it harder for consumers to finance spending, Page 3
  • Unfinished business: Perdue inherits some problems from Easley, Page 5
  • Legislators tame funding for state zoo, Page 6

Education:

  • National survey paints dire picture of today's youth ethics, Page 9
  • Kristen Blair commentary: Their cheatin' hearts, Page 9
  • Thales Academy offers affodability, excellence, Page 10
  • N.C. students' test scores plummet under new EOG standards, Page 11
  • No change on horizon for charter schools, Page 12

Higher Education:

  • Roundtable discussion shows unsettled nature of role of sports in U.S. colleges and universities, Page 13
  • Jenna Ashley Robinson commentary: Why students get bored, Page 14
  • Story of black fraternal orders challenges conventional wisdom, Page 14
  • Issues in Higher Education, Page 15

Local Government:

  • PTI puts hopes in FedEx 'magnet' effect, Page 16
  • JLF: Few would benefit from corridor proposal, Page 17
  • Chad Adams commentary: Too-powerful local governments, Page 17
  • Local Innovation Bulletin Board, Page 18
  • Jordan Lake cleanup costs worries officials in Triad, Page 18
  • Annexation foes want bar set higher for state's municipalities, Page 19

The Learning Curve:

  • Book review: Steven W. Mosher's Population Control, Page 20
  • Troy Kickler commentary: Civil War's causes included more than just issues about slavery, Page 21
  • Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
  • Book review: Edwards and Mitchell's Global Tax, Page 22
  • Book review: Richard M. Reid's Freedom for Themselves, Page 23

Opinion:

  • John R. Graham commentary: Health insurance roadblocks in N.C., Page 24
  • Editorial: Gov. Easley, quit digging! Page 24
  • John Hood commentary: Spending and school improvement, Page 25
  • Editorial: Higher-ed money, Page 25
  • Editorial: Civic literacy, Page 25
  • Michael Walden commentary: Economic challenges, Page 26
  • Becki Gray commentary: Retiree tax-protest group shows the way, Page 27
  • Letters to the editor, Page 27

Parting Shot:

  • Attorney General angered over low fuel prices, (a CJ parody), Page 28

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