At times, the debate over who runs North Carolina’s public education system has sounded like Abbott and Costello’s classic ‘who’s on first’ comedy skit. But a recent court ruling may have changed all that. Terry Stoops, the John Locke Foundation’s education policy analyst, explains the ruling and its impact on Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson, Gov. Beverly Perdue, and State Board of Education Chairman Bill Harrison. Then we turn to the state’s controversial tax code. Some state lawmakers have talked about reforming North Carolina’s tax code as they’ve haggled over details of the new state budget. But they’re not discussing the sweeping changes that would represent real reform. That’s the assessment of Joe Henchman, tax counsel and director of state projects at the Tax Foundation in Washington. Henchman explains how lawmakers could enact significant reforms to improve the state’s tax system. That’s followed by a look at the commander in chief’s visit to North Carolina. President Obama’s recent trip to Raleigh was designed to shore up support for his health care reform proposals, but critics still have serious doubts. Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory told an Americans For Prosperity North Carolina audience why he has concerns about the ideas swirling around the nation’s capital. You’ll hear details. Speaking of health care, the headlines ignore fundamental philosophical differences that drive much of the health care debate. Dr. C.L. Gray, founder of the group Physicians For Reform, explores those differences. He traces opposing views of health care policy back to the teachings of Plato and Hippocrates. You’ll learn how those ancient Greeks affect our thoughts about health care today. And finally, Locke Foundation fiscal policy analyst Joe Coletti discusses North Carolina’s effort to attract movie production to the state via tax incentives. Some legislators are pushing to expand the state’s incentives and are using the loss of a Miley Cyrus movie to Georgia as the reason they should do so. Coletti explains the program and the losses associated with it, and then offers his ideas for attracting this specialty industry.