NC Spin Articles


Texas not learning from NC's HB2 mistake

Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, July 25, 2017. Most states, even those of the deepest red, learned from the monumental mistake of North Carolina’s Republicans, who passed the now-infamous House Bill...    Read More

July 28, 2017

"Squirrel"

In the midst of a debate that is tearing the Republican Party apart, Donald Trump this morning yelled the equivalent of “Squirrel!” And like the dogs in the movie “Up!” progressive twitter...    Read More

July 28, 2017


Signs

Twenty-four years ago newly elected President Bill Clinton had a ‘Disapproval’ rating of 51%, and Democrats lost the next election in a landslide. In 1994 Republican gained 54 seats in Congress...    Read More

July 28, 2017

Judges scold redistricting delay

Democratic candidates are paralyzed until Republican lawmakers redraw the State House and Senate districts that were found to have been unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered. The GOP partisan...    Read More

July 28, 2017



Leandro forecast: cloudy

Befuddled. That’s my reaction to an announcement earlier this week that two sides in the longstanding Leandro lawsuit had requested an independent consultant to identify additional steps for the...    Read More

July 28, 2017


Why can't we get the economy just right?

by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, July 21, 2017. My wife is a great cook, and she makes fabulous varieties of soups. My favorite is her lentil soup. It’s both tasty and healthy...    Read More

July 28, 2017


My strategy for a lottery windfall

by Paul O'Connor, The Insider, published in The Wilson Daily Times, July 27, 2017. While the legislature debated the state lottery years ago, a veteran lobbyist dismissed my argument that it would...    Read More

July 28, 2017