NC SPIN episode #1154 Air Date 12/25/2020
The Year in review, Tar Heel of the Year, Closing comments Watch NC SPIN Previous Episodes
Balanced Debate For The Old North State.
My Spin by Tom Campbell
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Election winners: Trump, outside funding, rageTrump was most certainly on the ballot. Outside big money groups weren't but impacted outcomes. The "Age of Rage" was highly evident. Read More |
Quoth the raven....
Hate is on the rise and will not stop until enough people utter the famous ending of Poe's poem. Read More
The end is near
Almost from the beginning of time there have been folks who predicted the end of the world was near. Read More
Housing prices reflect changes in work
When more workers did their jobs from home their housing preferences changed. Now more are returning to the office. What does that mean for housing? Read More
Three questions after the primary
Most of the high-profile primary elections shook out without surprises, but three questions need answering before November. Read More
62% of unaffiliated voters chose Republican ballot in N.C. early voting
The trend of unaffiliated voters leaning Republican could be a good omen as to the outcome of November's elections. Read More
Role of outside money looms larger than ever as PAC
Money from groups of people we don't know who live outside the district affected the outcome of the election. Read More
Liz Cheney tells the truth
Too many conservatives have succumbed to the tribalism that defines politics today. Read More
When Carolinians killed Carolinians
The Battle of Alamance County 250 years ago this month tested loyalties among those in our colony. Read More
Three North Carolina political scientists share their reflections on primary elections outcomes
After canvassing is completed the table will be set for November's elections. What can we expect? Read More
DHHS stops reporting Covid cases by vaccination status
Constant revision of data and methodology make it difficult for North Carolinians to know how things are tracking with COVID. Read More
Durham GOP’s “Better Board, Better Schools” candidate slate is soundly defeated
Five conservative Republican candidates ran as a block to take over control of the Durham School Board. Voters defeated them all. Read More
Ending North Carolina's ABC System
If a state controls the production, distribution, and selling of a particular product, there will naturally be fewer businesses dealing with that product in the open legal market. Read More
Is speech truly free?
Any speech that is hate filled, bullying, filled with untruth and lies, is harmful to the most marginalized, any speech that goes beyond opinion to tear down rather than to build up, is not real free speech. Read More
Telehealth genie escaped the bottle
The advantages of telehealth are increasingly positive and patients report high levels of satisfaction. Read More
‘More than a vessel’: North Carolina doctors raise red flags over the realities of a post-Roe world
Dr. Beverly Gray: “If you have a uterus in this country, the rights of the potential life that uterus holds seem to be greater than the vessel that carries it." Read More
Tentative Lessons from Early Voting in NC One Week From Election Day
Political Science professors Michael Bitzer and Chris Cooper say we might be in for a large turnout for the May Primary election. Read More
Get the message right on Roe
The reaction against overturning Roe v. Wade needs to become a political message, not a protest movement. Read More
Let’s try grownups this time
Too many politicos have come to believe their job is to provoke and entertain rather than to deliberate and govern. Read More
How will the hospitality industry change?
The hospitality industry suffered a big blow during the pandemic. While it has made a strong recovery, labor and financial issues suggest the industry will undergo major changes in the future. Read More
Frank Bruni: Count our blessings; avoid tallying the slights
New York Times columnist and North Carolina resident asks UNC graduates if they are going to be people who count their blessings or tally their slights? Read More
N&O columnist blasts the blatant and inappropriate partisanship of Justice Phil Berger Jr.
It is increasingly obvious that the judiciary has descended into blatant and inappropriate partisanship. Read More
Do we want a providing or a protecting government?
Shouldn’t we be asking more profound questions about what the purpose of government is and what it can really do for us? Read More
Originalism and the problem of writing in stone
The US Constitution was written by white men, mostly landowners, some slave owners, but the Constitution alone does not cover the breadth of the human condition in a civil society. Read More
UNC project needs realistic goals
While more than 1 million North Carolinians spent some time in college, the vast majority will never attain a degree. Read More
The NC Supreme Court should punt on Leandro for now
The new judge tasked with resolving the long-standing Leandro lawsuit refused to order money transferred out of the state treasury to pay one-half of a settlement. Now it is back the Supreme Court. Read More
