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    Hey, That Person Makes Too Much Money!

    posted September 30, 2004
    That’s the common complaint NC State economics professor Mike Walden says he hears regularly from callers when he appears on radio. It usually occurs in relation to a professional athlete…
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    Progress of Education Tour

    posted September 23, 2004
    Lindalyn Kakadelis addressed groups in Charlotte, Greensboro and Winston-Salem this week as the NC Education Alliance’s tour rolled on across the state, sharing information about charter schools and their role…
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    Is There No Common Sense Left?

    posted September 23, 2004
    Last month we told you about national attention earned by Jon Sanders for his reporting on UNC-Chapel Hill’s “derecognition” of the Alpha Iota Omega Christian fraternity because the group, according…
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    Global Warming Hits the News…Again

    posted September 23, 2004
    When the North Carolina News Network decided to dig into a new report on climate change by the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the reporter turned to Roy…
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    Scotland County’s Dilemma

    posted September 23, 2004
    Chad Adams has been spending a lot of his time on Amendment One, but this week he visited Scotland County to address a group of concerned citizens about the county’s…
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    Scrutinizing UNC’s Curriculum

    posted September 23, 2004
    This week’s Shaftesbury Society luncheon featured two members of the National Association of Scholars commenting on the results of their analysis of the general education requirements at University of North…
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    Focus on Triangle’s Local Elections

    posted September 23, 2004
    Viewers of NBC 17’s weeknight newscasts over the last three weeks have gotten a lesson in county government as part of a special election series featuring “At Issue” co-hosts Donna…
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    The Problem With Middle-School Education

    posted September 23, 2004
    In his review of The War Against Excellence, George Leef concludes the book “is bound to increase the number of parents who bail out of government schooling.” What information revealed…
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    State Government Radio Gets a Dose of JLF

    posted September 23, 2004
    Tune in to State Government Radio in Raleigh (570 AM) and you’ll hear CJ stories and policy issues of importance to JLF during “Carolina Journal Report,” which airs Monday and…
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    Elementary Economics

    posted September 23, 2004
    You’d think The Wall Street Journal would understand supply and demand, but evidently not, based on a recent story with this headline: “Demand for Oil Could One Day Outstrip Supply.”…

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