NC Spin Articles

Hunt's critics miss the mark on mayoral pick

Editorial by Wilson Daily Times, November 14, 2017. Former Gov. Jim Hunt’s endorsement of an independent candidate over a Democrat in the Raleigh mayoral race has ruffled some feathers among the...    Read More

November 16, 2017


Reform would boost NC incomes

North Carolinians would experience large gains in after-tax income under the tax-reform bill released last week in Washington, according to an initial analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. Its...    Read More

by John Hood   |   November 9, 2017



NC's Certificate of Need laws cause pain

Monday morning, around 1:00am, my husband woke up in severe pain.  He knew what this was.  By 1:15, we were in the car on our way to the ER. Kidney stones. They’re not life threatening, and I’ve...    Read More

November 9, 2017

Bad ideas for the UNC system

What is the worst idea floating around about the UNC system these days? Jesse White, who headed up the Southern Growth Policies Board and also served adjunct professor of government and city and...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   November 9, 2017



Fair voting districts

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 8, 2017. A federal court panel will rightly go ahead with plans to hire an outside expert to redraw several districts that it had ruled were tainted by...    Read More

November 9, 2017

Republican options

After the drubbing Republicans took Tuesday, they need to stand back and look at their options. None of them are very good. They can keep on the current course. They can embrace Trump even more. Or...    Read More

November 9, 2017


Paul Ryan is right

We’re with Trump,” he said after Tuesday’s elections. Indeed you are.  So is every Republican on the ballot next year. They’re lashed to Trump like Ahab to the whale. If they cross Trump...    Read More

November 9, 2017