After saying she would look at the potential for privatizing North Carolina’s government-run liquor business, Gov. Beverly Perdue has announced she will not support privatization. John Locke Foundation President John Hood thinks he knows why the governor is cool to the idea and what may come next. Could it be the governor will endorse legalizing and taxing video poker? Hood analyzes the implications. Then we turn to public education and what critics say is the controversial hire of retired Brigadier General Anthony Tata to lead the state’s largest public school system. You’ll hear comments from new Wake County school superintendent Tony Tata, along with reaction from Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation Director of Education Services. Next is a look at the state’s budget crisis from a veteran legislator. His political party is now in the minority, but Rep. Jim Crawford, D-Granville, has experience reaching across the aisle. Crawford has helped write budgets for both Democratic and Republican House majorities. He recently offered state business leaders an assessment of the current state budget picture. That’s followed by a look at how and why people make the choices they do. Economists often consider people’s choices based on their utility, but that framework can skew the real picture. That’s the argument economist Petur Jonsson makes. Jonsson, chairman of the Department of Finance, Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing at Fayetteville State University, places more emphasis on virtue in gauging how people choose to act. He explains why. And finally, Carolina Journal Publisher Jon Ham discusses media coverage of the Arizona shootings and the instant media conclusion that the grassroots Tea Party movement somehow was at fault. Ham also reflects on the role of journalism schools and the deficiencies in their training of young journalists.