NC Spin Articles

NC Democratic Party head fired

After less than a year as executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party, Robert Dempsey was fired Sunday, an attorney for the state party said Sunday night. "Mr. Dempsey is no longer...    Read More

February 10, 2014

A conservative view of Moral Monday

Any political movement that can turn out tens of thousands of protesters on a chilly morning in February must be deemed impressive. To this conservative, the 2014 edition of Historic Thousands on...    Read More

by John Hood   |   February 10, 2014



Jobless trends

Last July, North Carolina became the first state to exit the federal government’s extended-benefits program for unemployment insurance. Six months later, at the start of 2014, extended benefits...    Read More

by John Hood   |   February 9, 2014


Thousands march in downtown Raleigh

By Thomas McDonald, News and Observer, February 9, 2014. State NAACP President William J. Barber II laid out goals for a diverse coalition of groups Saturday afternoon at a rally attended by thousands...    Read More

February 9, 2014


How to upgrade teacher pay

In the book “That Used To Be Us,” Thomas L. Friedman, a liberal columnist for the New York Times, and Michael Mandelbaum, a professor of American foreign policy at John Hopkins University, argue...    Read More

February 9, 2014


Biting Michael Vick

This blog comes from a long-time, active Chamber member. I approve this message:   “There’s a political lesson for all of us in the needless maelstrom that has engulfed the Raleigh Chamber of...    Read More

February 8, 2014


A bards-eye look at NC politics today

I am hurt,” says the dying Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet after trying to stand up for his friend Romeo and getting stabbed for it. “A plague o' both your houses!” In popular remembrance, we...    Read More

by John Hood   |   February 8, 2014