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

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