Fraud claims should trouble conservatives
While the term “whataboutism” may be relatively new — coined within the last few decades, and newly prominent in the age of Donald Trump — the logical fallacy it denotes is as ancient as... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Temper power with responsibility
Are you frustrated with our political dialogue at the moment? If your answer is no, you are in a distinct minority in North Carolina and beyond. For example, in an October poll conducted by High Point... Read More
Internet-access-in-NC-focus
Nationally, 78% of all households subscribe to the internet. This rate is two percentage points lower in North Carolina—76%—reflecting generally lower internet access rates among households in... Read More
What we should have seen coming in 9th district election
Allegations of vote harvesting and potential tampering in the 9th Congressional District have thrown the election’s results into question. Evidence suggests that these activities may not be limited... Read More
Credit where credit is due
When the election fraud scandal in in the 9thCongressional race broke, the Republican Party initially said we need a full investigation but that presumed winner Mark Harris should be seated in... Read More
The endless legislative session and NC's big government conservatives
It’s long been understood by those who pay attention to public policy debates that the age-old conservative talking point about the supposed evils of “big government” was always just that – a... Read More
Help wanted - female
The real mystery after half a century,” Wyndham Robertson says, “is why life at the top of large American corporations still seems so overwhelmingly male.” Writing in The New York Times on... Read More
What can the NFL teach us about business?
by Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, December 7, 2018 Many consider the National Football League (NFL) to be the most successful professional sports organization in the world. To many, having... Read More
Take time to broaden the mind
In the January 1953 edition of the magazine If: Worlds of Science Fiction, a fan of the genre from Texas, Marilyn Venable, made her debut as an author. “Time Enough at Last,” Venable’s story of... Read More
Officials express shock NC lost Apple to Texas
Apple says it will build a new corporate campus in Austin, Texas, and add employees at “new sites” in several other cities. However, no mention was made of adding jobs in North Carolina. The... Read More
