* The Appropriations subcommittee on health proposes "massive" cuts to state programs, some legislators call for tax hikes instead.
* Former Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Mike Munger proposes an alternative way of thinking about the Apple incentives.
* Conservative columnist David Frum takes the rivalry between Carolina and Duke to a whole new level: Tuition. (Hat Tip: Jon Ham)
* Charlotte Observer columnist Jack Betts eulogizes Jim Stephenson, policy analyst for the N.C. Coastal Federation, who died Thursday.