NC Spin Articles



Time to close NC’s reading gap

Editorial by News and Observer, November 2, 2013. Occasionally there’s a story about a prominent college athlete who is unable to read or who can read only at an early elementary school level. The...    Read More

November 4, 2013


The DHHS sitcom

How many Department of Health and Human Services employees does it take to screw in a light bulb? We don’t know but it will take 19 to run their new marketing and public relations shops. I wonder...    Read More

November 3, 2013

Sluggish economy is not political

The economic recovery from the Great Recession is painfully sluggish — and it’s not all Barack Obama’s fault. Nor can the fault be laid solely at the feet of George W. Bush, or North Carolina...    Read More

by John Hood   |   November 3, 2013

The GOP "Keep your plan" movement

With the shutdown beginning to fade from view, Obamacare opponents, learning from past battles, are revising their tactics and turning their focus to a push to let people keep their current health...    Read More

November 3, 2013


Is NC a year away from a GOP reckoning?

The calendar has turned to November and the event that many North Carolina Democrats feel can’t come quickly enough is officially a year away – Election Day 2014. Democratic turnout tends to surge...    Read More

November 3, 2013

The walkout has already begun

Because one teacher decides to work Monday, it does not make the decision of another teacher to “walk out” a wrong or bad decision. Most teachers will be reluctant to walk-out, sick-out, or...    Read More

November 3, 2013