Cover

• Eminent Domain Concerns Lawmakers
• Piedmont Wants Help Paying for Subsidized Pipeline

North Carolina

• Possible Conflict Surrounds Vehicle Research Center
• Former State Supreme Court Justice Announces Dell Lawsuit
• FAA Disputes GTP Funding

Education

• Embezzlement Cases Prompt Push for Audit
• Charter School Proposals Languishing in Legislature
• Kakadelis Column: NEA, Get Out of the Way!
• The “King” Discusses Life, Family, Helping Kids
• Superinendents Point Fingers After NCLB Results

Higher Education

• College Groups Endorse Academic Freedom
• Congress Mulls Western Civ
• Leef Column: Annoy Diversicrats At Your Own Peril
• Business Groups Fight Proposal to Amend Umstead Act
• Diversity Movement Biggest Threat to Academic Freedom

Local Government

• Can Smart Growth Make a City Unaffordable?
• Loser-Pays Public Records bill Spurs Sprited House Debate
• Adams Column: Is Cutting Taxes Unpopular?
• Effects of Proposition 13
• Higher Expense, Fund Raiding slowing Road Projects

Learning Curve

• Review of “The World is Flat,” by Hal Young
• Review of “A Patriot’s History of the United States,” by Burton Folsom
• Review of “1776,” by Charles Davenport, Jr.
• Review of “What America Can Learn From School Choice in Other Countries,” by John Hood

Opinion

• Hood Column: Property Rights are the Solution
• Wagner Column: The Incentives Shell Game
• Rotterman Column: On-The-Job Training Not Working for Frist
• Palasek Column: Dangerous Consquences of Politically Correct Math
• Walden Column: Adjusting Social Security — It’s All in the Indexing

Parting Shot

• Survey Sheds Light on UNC President Compensation (a CJ parody)