NC Spin Articles

It's hard to defend bogus election protests

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, April 19, 2017. We think they protest too much. Granted, the investigation released this week by Democracy North Carolina makes the state’s Republican Party look...    Read More

April 21, 2017


Legislature swats two branches with one swipe

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 16, 2017. The legislature swatted the other two branches of state government at once last week — quite a feat, even for this overly aggressive body. House...    Read More

April 21, 2017


Repeal the labor sales tax hike

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, April 17, 2017. A recently-filed bipartisan state bill to eliminate labor sales tax is a solid start toward correcting a legislative misstep. There’s no reason it...    Read More

April 21, 2017

Let campuses handle campus speech

Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, April 20, 2017. Colleges and universities, we like to think, are bastions of robust debate, free speech and thoughtful exploration of even the most controversial issues...    Read More

April 21, 2017



Separating outrage from reality

One of the joys of growing up in the 1970s was rotting your brain with Saturday morning cartoons while rotting your teeth with sugary cereal. But darned if they didn't sneak in some mental nutrition...    Read More

April 21, 2017

Craft brewers vs. big beer

Back during World War II, the US Army held military exercises called maneuvers in Anson County. My grandfather had a peach farm in Lilesville and also held the franchise for several brands of beer...    Read More

April 21, 2017

Bannon's fall = Democrats opening

It’s good that Steve Bannon has been eclipsed in the court of the Sun King. By all accounts, he’s a hate-spewing, fear-mongering, immigrant-bashing, Muslim-banning, dark force. But Bannon did have...    Read More

April 21, 2017


Looking over his shoulder

Watching Sean Hannity’s like watching a celebrity say the same thing over and over – it wears out quickly. But somehow, Bill O’Reilly wasn’t hum-drum – he had a knack for entertainment. So...    Read More

April 21, 2017