It's about time
The sun rises and sets, seasons change, and the world turns on its axis regardless of how we want to manipulate the time. Read More
Balanced Debate For The Old North State.
Oct
20
2026
7:00 PM
The NC SPIN Reunion Live Show
October 20, 2026 • 7:00 PM
Seby B. Jones Performing Arts Center • Louisburg College, Louisburg NC
Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue • former Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker • former NC Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr • former NC House Speaker Joe Mavretic • former NC Attorney General Rufus Edmisten • John Hood • Becki Gray • Brad Crone • Peg O'Connell
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Thank you for paying the private school tuitions for wealthy white kids$705 million of our state's current budget will go to private schools as vouchers. 88% of the kids receiving them have never attended a public school. Read More |
It's not to late to be in the audience for the NC SPIN reunion.
All proceeds go to Louisburg College. This will be an evening to remember as we discuss the elections, the amendments and the outcomes. Read More
Fertility is a valid policy concern
Our fertility rate has fallen to 1.63 children per women of child-bearing age. Our fertility rate is well below replacement level. Read More
Remarkably, Republicans have nothing
Apparently, there isn’t a Republican on this planet (especially one that agrees with Trump) that has a thoughtful policy position or solid ideas about how Americans or North Carolinians can keep more of their hard-earned money in their pockets. Read More
Gun groups backed NC defendant’s ‘knock-and-talk’ SCOTUS petition
The plaintiff insisted his fourth amendment rights had been violated by police "knock and talk" investigations. Read More
A gas-tax holiday won’t prevent the MAGA reckoning
Republicans seem to believe they can convince struggling voters into laying off at least a little bit of their frustration with the GOP with the gas tax holiday. Read More
NC’s economy looks more resilient than the nation’s
North Carolina is not immune from a downturn, but it is well positioned to weather the storm if a broader national downturn develops. Read More
Vote NO on limiting property taxes
While a statewide property-tax limit may look uniform on paper, its impact is anything but. The same percentage cap could leave counties with dramatically different amounts of revenue. Read More
HPU Poll finds most North Carolina adults recognize breast cancer awareness month
North Carolinians are very aware about cancer, especially breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men. Read More
Two messes
Trump’s a peculiar man, cut from an odd bolt of cloth – even when he tries to do the right thing, ignoring old lessons, he does it the wrong way. Read More
Trump ‘26 = Nixon ‘74
The pause in gas taxes will make little difference at the polls. Read More
What did we learn from gas rationing in the 1970's?
Because gasoline is a key factor in delivering numerous products and services we use, the prices of many other items have also become significantly more expensive. Read More
Pay for performance, not for politics
Even with the recent pay increase from the budget, North Carolina should re-examine and pay teachers based on performance. Read More
An assault on freedom and the Constitution in southeastern North Carolina
At least 10 people on an american street, minding their own business not only had their privacy wrongfully and unconstitutionally violated, but they were also quite literally “disappeared” by unidentified individuals who were presumably officers of our government. Read More
College sports: Please, no help from Congress!
The athletic programs of Division I colleges bear absolutely no relationship to the educational mission of higher education. Read More
North Carolina’s unserious Republicans
Republicans are throwing a Hail Mary, trying to ease the anger over rising gas prices. It’s a nakedly political move that will ultimately cost the state. Read More
Court ruling is a win for cleaner voter rolls, but only if rules are enforced
The Supreme court allowed the Trump administration to continue using a federal program to help states check their voter rolls for noncitizens. Read More
We the people
Nobody likes to get bad press reviews but if you don’t like bad press, don’t do bad things. Read More
One night only. The NC SPIN panel is back to analyze the elections.
October 20th, 7 p.m. Get your ticket today. Read More
Washington can’t ease our traffic jams
Because massive federal deficits will keep interest rates painfully elevated, I believe future presidents and lawmakers will be forced into serious actions. One of them will be to curtail, if not end, federal subsidies for highways. Read More
To be young, educated and Black in America
Our increasingly segregated housing patterns in this country are a primary reason for segregated schools. Read More
26 years later, Friedman’s free-market ideas meet NC’s ballot
Milton Friedman singled out property taxes as particularly vulnerable to government overreach because, unlike people and money, property can’t move. Read More
NC Supreme Court: The most important race on the ballot
Sarah Stevens calls Chief Justice Paul Newby her judicial hero. That’s disqualifying. Read More
Who could vote against a constitutional amendment limiting income tax rate to 3.5%?
A conservative’s argument against the ballot question this November. Read More
North Carolina farmers deserve the full story on Oxfam
Oxfam’s rankings reflect a clear antiagriculture and antibusiness policy agenda. Read More
