NC Spin Articles

School leaders sound alarm on open enrollment

Local school leaders in Wake County and elsewhere say a draft proposal to open school enrollment - even across district lines - would create chaos and tax inequities. The draft proposal, scheduled to...    Read More

May 3, 2014

Barking up the wrong tree

Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, May 1, 2014. The quest by the state legislature to usurp local government’s control in many areas continues so relentlessly we can barely catch our breath between...    Read More

May 2, 2014

151,935 Early ballots cast

In total, more than 180,000 voters voted early in 2010, using both the in-person, one-stop sites and mail-in absentee ballots. This year's latest early voting turnout numbers from the State Board of...    Read More

May 2, 2014






Give kids a smart finish

I’ve made this point before, but it’s worth emphasizing one more time: those who oppose school choice in elementary and secondary education should, if they wish to be consistent, oppose former...    Read More

by John Hood   |   May 2, 2014


Pope's response to "Rich and Ruthless"

by Art Pope, published in Talking About Politics, May 1, 2014. I received a response from Art Pope to my blog yesterday (“Rich and Ruthless”). He said: “Feel free to post this to your web site...    Read More

May 1, 2014


Rich and Ruthless

Democrats contemplating a comeback need to contemplate this. The Republican Party is spending at least $650,000 on “a blistering attack”against Justice Robin Hudson of the state Supreme Court...    Read More

May 1, 2014