North Carolina newspapers are expressing shock at a $170,000-per-year sinecure at North Caroina State University for the former governor’s wife. But the Pope Center’s Jay Schalin reports that prominent Democrats, from former governor Jim Hunt to former vice presidential candidate John Edwards, have routinely used the University of North Carolina to pursue their pet projects — and to find a soft landing spot when out of work. In how many states, I wonder, are public universities the playthings of the ruling party?