NC Spin Articles


State politics will reach pivot point in 2014

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 1, 2014. North Carolina has an exciting political year ahead in 2014, one that might determine whether the state’s acceleration toward the Republican...    Read More

January 2, 2014



Feds back NC schools progress

Editorial by News and Observer, January 2, 2014. The whole notion of grants from the federal government in the Race to the Top program came about because public school systems had some work to do to...    Read More

January 2, 2014

NC now in top 10 for worst drivers

Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, December 27, 2013. Admit it. You’ve used some harsh (if not downright nasty) language about a driver who’s pulled out in front of you, cut you off, sped past...    Read More

January 2, 2014

A textbook debate

Recent headlines have called attention to the issue of state public school textbook funding. Partisans have tried to score political points with quotes like the following: Not another state lawmaker...    Read More

January 2, 2014


New Year thoughts

Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, December 31, 2013. Yesterday has deposited us on a new beach today on an island uncharted with promises of bright suns and forebodings of darkening moons. To...    Read More

January 1, 2014


Moral Mondays a new southern strategy

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 31, 2013. Moral Mondays in North Carolina spawned Truth and Justice Tuesdays in Alabama. When the Georgia legislature returns to session soon, a new Moral...    Read More

January 1, 2014


2014: Another year of toxic politics

Let’s not kid ourselves: 2014 will be another year of political MUD – mean, ugly, divisive. The battle for Kay Hagan’s Senate seat will be nasty and expensive. Contested House races will be...    Read More

January 1, 2014