NC Spin Articles


Rethinking Koch

Maybe the attack-Koch strategy is a good idea after all. I had questions, but I’m coming around.   Every story needs a villain. That lesson is as old as the Bible. (See: the Serpent, Garden of Eden...    Read More

April 8, 2014

Registration issues won't be solved by ID law

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, April 7, 2014. A report issued last week by the N.C. State Board of Elections underscored glaring problems with voter registration in North Carolina and elsewhere...    Read More

April 8, 2014



More to do on NC health care gap

Let’s put our hands together for North Carolina. Among the 36 states that used the federal health care exchange, North Carolina came in third – with more than 200,000 residents enrolling in...    Read More

April 8, 2014

Time to curb basketball's 'one and done' trend

Editorial by News and Observer, April 7, 2014. Today, there’s a new national champion in NCAA men’s basketball, but in the afterglow will come again the question: Isn’t it time to be done with...    Read More

April 8, 2014


A more accurate portrait of NC state debt

Most of us have jobs, and with those jobs come certain benefits, most noticeably health care and retirement benefits. The same is true for state employees. Public school teachers, judges, elected...    Read More

April 8, 2014

Trying to drive the new road-building highway

I'm told that one of the wise, old political operatives in the state recently remarked that do-nothing politicians in today's highly partisan environment move down a safer path than those who attempt...    Read More

April 8, 2014

Duke Energy's trust gap

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 7, 2014. It should come as no surprise that people here don’t trust Duke Energy’s planned experiment on local trees with a “growth regulator.” This...    Read More

April 7, 2014


Voting registration deadline is Friday

Those wishing to cast a ballot in May’s primary election must register to vote by Friday – and this year the deadline is final. Since 2008, North Carolinians who missed the deadline got a second...    Read More

April 7, 2014