NC Spin Articles


It's the schools, stupid

Governor McCrory may have coal ash on his hands, but I bet most voters have education on their minds. So, does focusing on the Dan River disaster distract Democrats from a stronger issue?   The spill...    Read More

March 12, 2014

Low class 'Carolina trash'

Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, March 11, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday helped kick off a new statewide anti-litter campaign that intends to raise awareness of littering and crack down on...    Read More

March 12, 2014



UNCW survey uses questionable methodology

Lefties are giddy about a survey released by Robert Smith and Scott Imig, education professors at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW).  Frankly, the survey reflects poorly on the...    Read More

March 12, 2014

Corporate welfare is just plain bananas

Chiquita Brands, less than two years after being bribed by Charlotte's and North Carolina's political class to move headquarters to Charlotte, is on the verge of merging with an Irish company. The...    Read More

March 12, 2014


Democrats loose with labels, fast with facts

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion,” Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan reportedly observed, “but not his own facts.” Today, that sharp rebuke sounds like the description of a...    Read More

March 12, 2014


Climate change links vanish from DENR website

Links and documents about climate change have recently disappeared from the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources website. As recently as Jan. 21, information about climate change was...    Read More

March 12, 2014


Students must read to achieve

What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. I’m talking about the political struggle over North Carolina’s 3rd grade reading standard, not the violent struggle between Paul Newman and the...    Read More

by John Hood   |   March 12, 2014