Cover

• Public doles out big bucks for NCRC project
• CAPAG funding comes mostly from environmentalists

North Carolina

• UNCC resources used to push agenda of pro-transit forces, page 4

Education

• Governor’s School offerings scrutinized again, page 8
• Lateral-entry teachers face tall hurdles in North Carolina, page 9
• Lindalyn Kakadelis commentary: Great books being lost, page 9
• Wake school buses used for lobbying trip, page 10
• Garner scores victory in school growth plan battle, page 11

Higher Education

• Wide variety of publications rank colleges, page 12
• UNC teacher-training efforts bearing fruit but still lagging, page 13
• Shannon Blosser commentary: A&T chancellor’s long road, page 13
• Bats in the Belltower, page 14
• Planning for Carolina North puts Horace Williams future in doubt, page 14
• UNC Tomorrow Commission: Planning for the next 20 years, page 15

Local Government

• ‘Smart Growth’ fever hits Jackson County, page 16
• Appeals Court finds Beaufort gag order unconstitutional, page 17
• Chad Adams commentary: Financial hypocrisy, page 17
• Knightdale curbs cheap housing, page 18

Learning Curve

• Book review: Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics, page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: Don’t listen to those who want us to be ashamed of the founders, page 21
• Short takes on culture, page 22
• Book review: Paul D. Moreno’s Black Americans and Organized Laabor, page 22
• Book review: Michael Beschloss’s Presidential Courage, page 23

Opinion

• Mitch Kokai commentary: ‘News’ without sources, page 24
• Editorial: Joe Hackney is no Jim Black, page 24
• Editorial: Recycling — A new religion, page 25
• Editorial: Public policy and anecdotes, page 25
• John Hood commentary: Glamour Shot development, page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: Media not telling full story on prices, page 26
• Becki Gray commentary: NC highway dollars need to be spent on highways, page 27
• Marc Rotterman commentary: As time passes, we must never forget D-Day valor, page 27

Parting Shot

• UNC opens center for gender-uncertain names (a CJ parody), page 28