Power grid cost deserves attention
As Election Day approaches, you will continue to hear a great deal about hot-button issues that candidates believe may either swing your vote or motivate you to cast it. But few will be as... Read More
NC Spin Articles
NC Unemployment rate continues to fall
North Carolina’s September unemployment rate declined one-tenth of a percentage point from August to 3.8 percent, according to a news release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. North... Read More
Tillis defends Trump's irresponsible tax policy
It’s one of the great ironies of modern American politics that it is so-called “conservatives” who have become the most ardent champions of what can only be described as hedonistic, live-for... Read More
With two weeks left before election day, NC mid-terms look presidential
As of today (10-23-18) and the fact that we're two weeks out from the 2018 mid-term election, North Carolina's early voters are still acting like it's a presidential year in terms of the numbers... Read More
Amendment critics need to move beyond partisan spin
Critics have devised reasonable arguments against each of the six constitutional amendments on North Carolina’s election ballot. But outlandish claims about the amendments threaten to drown out... Read More
Why North Carolinians are upbeat
North Carolinians are more upbeat about their state than they are about the nation as a whole, according to election-season polls by Meredith College, Survey USA (for Spectrum News), and Harper... Read More
They're cooperating!!
The Raleigh political world is abuzz and agog! The legislature and the Governor are cooperating! Democrats and Republicans are working together on hurricane relief!! Oh, happy day!!! Has a new age... Read More
Community action programs boost North Carolina's economy
Every $1 in spending on community action programs in North Carolina generates more than $2 in additional economic output. If not for the community action funding provided annually under the federal... Read More
Democrats will not regain power so long as Bill and Hillary motivate conservative women
Old-school, baggage-laden, out-of-touch establishment Democrats like Bill and Hillary Clinton are the #1 obstacle to the Democratic Party’s political recovery efforts in 2018. They are motivating... Read More
Is North Carolina's judiciary the next ideological battleground?
Over the past month, the eyes of the nation have been on Washington and the confirmation process of the newest United States Supreme Court Justice, Brett Kavanaugh. Tensions ran high amid sexual... Read More
