Carolina Journal Radio?s microphones picked up comments in 2007 from some of the leading voices in conservative thought. We?ll recap those comments in a special year-end edition. Among those cited are former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon Wood.

We?ll also revisit some words of wisdom from John Locke Foundation researchers in 2007. Michael Sanera offers his take on school building sizes, while Terry Stoops discusses the pros and cons of No Child Left Behind.

As the General Assembly prepares for an ethics hearing involving Rep. Thomas Wright, D-New Hanover, we?ll recall Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby?s comments on the value of investigative grand juries.

And we?ll hear from the new editor of The Modern Age. Before taking that assignment, N.C. State professor Robert V. Young shared his thoughts with Carolina Journal Radio about the debate over Shakespeare?s politics.