North Carolina will play a key role in presidential candidates’ electoral calculations in the new year. John Hood explains why in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Roy Cordato will discuss Climategate 2.0, and Rick Henderson will react to a recent legislative update about the transfer of the state Employment Security Commission to the N.C. Commerce Department.

Speaking of the ESC, you’ll hear Sen. Bob Rucho, R-Mecklenburg, explain why his Revenue Laws Study Committee has issued a subpoena forcing testimony next week from a top ESC staffer.

Plus George Mason University’s Peter Leeson will explain that along with peg legs, eye patches, and scary skull-and-crossbones flags, pirates should be known for their rational economic calculations.