Obamacare Fix Will Blow Up on Insurers
The state's insurance commissioner is joining the Obama administration's plan to browbeat/lure/trick insurance companies into ignoring federal law and offering insurance plans that don't meet the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
NC economy benefits by engaging the world
As our economy struggles to get back on its feet, it is easy for North Carolinians to focus on domestic concerns, those issues and problems that appear most pertinent to our daily lives here at home... Read More
Job training that works
In Charlotte, an automated welder needs repairs, bringing the production line to a halt. In Oregon, a computer virus disrupts sales for thousands of small businesses. In Southeast Asia, storms knock... Read More
How we made ACA work
In our states – Washington, Kentucky and Connecticut – the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” is working. Tens of thousands of our residents have enrolled in affordable health-care coverage... Read More
We are letting the media do it again
The establishment left leaning Media is trying to again pick the candidate for the Republicans in 2016. Although I congratulate Governor Chris Christie on his win in New Jersey, the media circus has... Read More
I Came to Duke With an Empty Wallet
In my four years at Duke, I have tried to write this article many times. But I was afraid. I was afraid to reveal an integral part of myself. I'm poor. Why is it not OK for me to talk about such an... Read More
Roads formula leaves rural areas uneasy
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, November 18, 2013. Gov. Pat McCrory and Tony Tata, his transportation secretary, have said from the start that their new highway funding formula would use scarce... Read More
Split food stamps and the Farm Bill
Many conservatives want farm bills to stop coupling food stamps to agricultural subsidies. They see the linkage as an unsavory deal between urban Democrats and rural Republicans to waste the people... Read More
N.C. law deserves fate court gave Oklahoma’s
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, November 18, 2013. North Carolina lawmakers arrogantly turned a deaf ear this summer to thousands of women and others protesting abortion laws severely limiting access... Read More
Regan, Goldwater, Friedman - and Carolina
Over the past three years, the North Carolina legislature has enacted Ronald Reagan’s favorite tax reform, Barry Goldwater’s favorite regulatory reform, and Milton Friedman’s favorite education... Read More
