What does the Ruffin Poole indictment mean for the future of the criminal probe of activities surrounding former Gov. Mike Easley? Rick Henderson addresses that question in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

John Hood will also join us to discuss the impact of the Massachusetts Senate election on the prospects for ObamaCare and other major initiatives from the Obama administration.

You?ll also learn why North Carolina charter school advocates such as Darrell Allison of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina and Charlotte-area charter school founder Richard Vinroot are concerned about the state?s decision to stick to a cap of 100 charter schools statewide, regardless of the impact on potential federal education grant funding. Speaking of charters, Terry Stoops will outline some of the challenges those nontraditional public schools face in the years ahead.

And Max Borders of the Free to Choose Network will explain why some metaphors ? ?running the economy? or ?fixing the economy, ? for example ? hurt our debate about public policy.