NC SPIN episode #1091 Air Date 10/11/19
Municipal Election Outcomes, The Legislature is Still Meeting, Education Wars, Tell Us Something We Don’t Know Watch NC SPIN Previous Episodes
Balanced Debate For The Old North State.
My Spin by Tom Campbell
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Choosing the next UNC PresidentA search committee is tasked with selecting the next President. Their decision will have major implications for the future of our state Read More |
Political future may surprise us
The future of politics in North Carolina and elsewhere is not yet written. Issues changes. Coalitions do, too. Trying to predict them is a fools errand. Read More
Impeach Congress, keep Trump
Republican National Committeewoman Dr. Ada Fisher, from Salisbury, says impeachment will limit the ability of the President to engage in policy discussions, negotiate trade discussions or other important duties of that office will hamstring him Read More
Lessons from Rufus
in his book, "That's Rufus," one of North Carolina's most colorful political figures talks about the dangers of hubris, using an example from his own life. Read More
College student-athletes can be admitted to UNC schools despite low academic success
Madeline Baker writes in the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal that about 5 percent of recruits were granted a"chancellor's exception." Read More
The real problem with teacher pay
Of the $8.7 billion our state spends on k-12 education about 25% is spent on employee benefits and risings costs of these benefits makes it difficult to offer higher salaries. Read More
Trump trails leading Democrats but NC voters are divided on impeachment
Public Policy Polling's latest survey shows that Trump trails three leading Democrats but voters are evenly split about impeachment. Read More
Representative Lewis' loan deal represents a larger problem in NC Politics
While "cashing in" from legislative service is devilishly difficult to prevent or regulate, it doesn't make them right. Read More
Can we talk ourselves into a recession?
Concerns about recessions don't just appear out of thin air. There needs to be an ignitor, then something that "fans the flames." Read More
Freedom has many meanings
Can we have personal freedom and political freedom? Read More
Don't personalize political disagreement
The Pew Research Center asked members of each political party whether they should treat members of the opposition party with respect. The results might surprise you. Read More
Who are the 1.1 million newly registered voters in North Carolina?
Rebecca Tippett of the Carolina Demography Center writes that since the 2016 elections North Carolina has gained 1.1 million registered voters. A demographic break down reveals some interesting data. Read More
UNC System grads carry less debt
David Waugh, an intern with the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal writs that North Carolina is 37th in the nation in the amount of student debt. UNC System grads have less debt than their peers. Read More
Why corporate welfare is not only unfair, but bad for the economy
What are the unseen opportunities lost when governments give corporations entitlements? Read More
Secretary of State should take action on business dealings of Board of Governors member
The securities division of the Secretary of State's office should investigate charges that a UNC Board of Governors member is violating a consent decree. Read More
Change how we pay teachers
We need to stop focusing on average teacher pay and instead look at compensation through different lenses. Read More
Purdue’s Daniels warns UNC audience higher ed faces potential obsolescence
Lindsay Marchello of Carolina Journal reports on a speech at UNC by Perdue University President Mitch Daniel that warns higher education faces obsolescence. Read More
There are bigger battles to fight
Thomas Mils of Politics NC says Democrats are weary of lies, legislative trickery and the breaking of rules, but there are few consequences for their actions. Read More
Insist on work for aid.
If North Carolina insists on expanding Medicaid they should at least insist on enforceable work requirements for new Medicaid recipients. Read More
She left Wall Street to fight gerrymandering here
Blogger Gary Pearce reports that Mary Wills Bode left a good job at a New York law firm to ensure North Carolina would not be the poster child for gerrymandering. Read More
Five simple truths about Medicaid expansion
There have been many twists in turns of HB 655, the House version of Medicaid expansion. Will it ever come to the floor for a vote or will House leadership continue to play games? Read More
Can we predict turning points
There are many issues like transportation, healthcare, housing and growth affecting North Carolina. Can we predict the turning points that resolves them? Read More
Uncertain policy has economic cost.
When people can’t predict with at least some degree of confidence what economic policies their government will follow, they often delay consequential decisions and park their resources in safer, lower-yielding investments. Lawmakers should seek consensus, simplicity and predictability in making economic policy changes Read More
UNC Board steps up to defend civil discourse on campus
Jay Schalin, director of policy analysis at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, writes that a new program on civic virtues and civil discourse is generating unnecessary controversy. Read More
State leaders to debate healthcare.
Our political process is under tremendous pressure, no question. In North Carolina and beyond, politics has been overly coarsened, polarized, and trivialized. But the system isn’t irreparably broken. Read More
North Carolina as a peacemaker at the Constitutional Convention.
This is Constitution Week and Brenee Goforth, with the John Locke Foundation, tells how our delegation played a big role in compromises that ensured the passage of the Constitution that has guided us for 200 years. Read More
