NC Spin Articles


Teacher pay ideas get test

Try something new? I’m all for it. But whether you are talking about changing your diet, changing your career, or changing your government’s public policy, it’s often a good idea to proceed in...    Read More

by John Hood   |   August 15, 2016

Powerful ideas drive political debate

The science fiction pioneer H.G. Wells once observed that “human history is, in essence, a history of ideas.” This is a wise observation — and it speaks to the political debate we’ve been...    Read More

by John Hood   |   August 12, 2016



Trump, Fox and Facebook

Donald Trump is not some weird, one-time, election-year anomaly. He’s the logical product of a Fox News/Facebook society. Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, put her finger on it. She said...    Read More

August 12, 2016

Flubs

A pundit on Fox News said, Trump flubbed during the primary and it didn’t matter. So why should it matter now? Sounds logical. But does the logic hold water? Back during the primary when I’d...    Read More

August 12, 2016



NC races tight across the board

PPP's newest North Carolina poll continues to find close races for all the major statewide office. In the Governor's race Roy Cooper has a slight advantage with 43% to 42% for Pat McCrory, and 4% for...    Read More

August 12, 2016

Judges right to throw out 2013 election law

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, August 8, 2016. The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent examination and rejection of key provisions of the state legislature’s 2013 voter law leaves...    Read More

August 12, 2016


McCrory, aides protest too much in well dispute

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, August 12, 2016. Maybe Gov. Pat McCrory has forgotten the time-tested wisdom about what you do when you find yourself in a hole. For reasons that aren't clear, he's...    Read More

August 12, 2016