Inflation hands activists a reality check
Federal, state and local politicians are promising to do "something" about inflation in general and gas prices in particular. Read More
NC Spin Articles
The corrupt and the incompetent
If we’re going to fix our political system, somebody must figure out how to find the middle again. Read More
Two-thirds of N.C. voters believe the economy is getting worse
The latest poll reveals a plurality of white women over 50, who earn $65,000 or more and consider themselves conservatives. Read More
Five simple Tax Day truths the political right would rather you not consider
"Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society," Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said. There are many who don't subscribe to that sentiment. Read More
Crawdads again
Amazon's top selling novel of 2019 is a book about crawdads and is supposedly set in North Carolina. It would have been better if it was filmed here. Read More
Beware, party bosses, the rise of the unaffiliateds is coming for you
In North Carolina, the number of registered voters opting out of a party label has more than doubled since 2008. Unaffiliateds will almost certainly be the largest bloc of voters in the spring primaries. Read More
COVID fear to cause long-term labor shortage
Around 3 million workers plan to remain permanently sidelined over concerns of COVID-19 Read More
NC Department of Instruction pours more salt on teachers' wounds
In North Carolina, the gap between what teachers in public schools earn and other college grads in the private sector is one of the largest in the nation. Read More
North Carolina is bouncing back
There’s no question our state suffered mightily during the COVID crisis. North Carolina clearly bounced back more strongly from the COVID recession than most states did. Read More
A tough environment but a long way to go
Self-interest drives elections, not statistics. Right now, people are more concerned about their ability to pay their bills than the impact of employment numbers. Read More
