NC Spin Articles


Bad bill shields hog farms

Editorial by Wilmington Star-Journal, April 12, 2017. A famous adage claims that the public must never see how sausage or legislation is made. North Carolina’s state House gave a grand demonstration...    Read More

April 14, 2017

How is economics involved in health insurance

by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, April 14, 2017. We are again involved in a debate about health insurance for those not covered by their employer, Medicare, Medicaid or other group...    Read More

April 14, 2017



Learning and winning go together

The first time I visited the campus of Duke University, I did so because Rand Paul asked me to. It was during the 1988 presidential election. Like many conservative and libertarian students of the day...    Read More

by John Hood   |   April 7, 2017

The idea of "fake news" is really nothing new

Everyone seems to be talking about fake news these days. Enabled by social media, its originators deal in hoaxes and disinformation. The objectives vary, with some wishing merely to sow confusion...    Read More

April 7, 2017



Less control on tap

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 7, 2017. North Carolina’s ABC system is heavy on the C, as in Control. Alcoholic Beverage Control laws run from Chapter 18B-100 through 18B-1309 in the...    Read More

April 7, 2017

Carolina gave state win it needed

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, April 4, 2017. They played a little ballgame in Arizona Monday night. And the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s NCAA championship win over Gonzaga was...    Read More

April 7, 2017


Raise smoking age to 21

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, April 6, 2017. A bill in the state House that would raise the age of smoking and vaping to 21 is timely and welcome. House Bill 435 is being moved by a bipartisan...    Read More

April 7, 2017