NC Spin Articles


School closures were a big mistake

I understood why officials closed public schools for the final three months of the 2019-20 academic year. Failing to reopen them fully for 2020-21 was, however, indefensible.    Read More

by John Hood   |   October 14, 2021



The clown car is back

 McNeely and company are wannabe authoritarians who would steal elections and lock up their political enemies.Imagine if they get real power after the gerrymandering that’s about to take place.    Read More

by Thomas Mills   |   October 14, 2021


The plague of silence

Noted author Jill McCorkle says "complicit silence is the most dangerous of all the infectious plagues. It is dangerous and and the damage done to a community seeking peace and unity is catastrophic.    Read More

by WRAL TV   |   October 14, 2021




The dumbest tweet

That Berger will defend Robinson despite the lieutenant governor’s hate speech says more about Berger than Bobbie Richardson.     Read More

by Thomas Mills   |   October 14, 2021


Yes, government can be shrunk

The budget deal that leaders of the state house and senate have struck will set General Fund spending for the 2021-22 fiscal year at just over 4.5% of North Carolina’s gross domestic product.    Read More

by John Hood   |   October 14, 2021