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    The $64,000 Debate Question

    posted September 30, 2004
    Who won? Who looked more presidential? Marc Rotterman went head-to-head with the Kerry/Edwards Campaign’s Ed Turlington on NBC 17’s Sunrise News Friday. Then Turlington joined “At Issue,” along with Jonathan…
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    Amendment One Update

    posted September 30, 2004
    Saturday’s anti-Amendment One rally in Raleigh, featuring remarks by Chad Adams and others, didn’t warrant coverage from the News & Observer. That slight prompted a letter to the editor in…
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    Hitting the Big Time

    posted September 30, 2004
    Recently we told you about Jon Sanders’ Wall Street Journal piece, and now the Pope Center has scored several more important media hits via commentaries by George Leef and Shannon…
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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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    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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    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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    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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