NC Spin Articles


Errors should not be crimes

North Carolina has a serious problem. Adopting a default mens reaprovision would go a long way to solving it. Don’t recognize the phrase mens rea? Hey, you’re hardly alone. I studied neither...    Read More

by John Hood   |   March 14, 2016

More than 10 percent vote early

Maybe it was the new, earlier primary date. Maybe all those Donald Trump rallies and presidential debates got voters fired up. Maybe Tar Heels were just looking for things to do between ACC tournament...    Read More

March 14, 2016



Working class voters are up for grabs

My friend Mike Cooper told some truth this week. In an article for the U.S. News and World Report, Mike laid out what he calls Trump’s America. He argues that both parties have let down working...    Read More

March 12, 2016



Primaries expose prediction limits

The topsy-turvy campaign of 2016 is going to do wonders for many journalists, political practitioners, and scholars. They will produce a steady stream of essays, studies, books, and business plans...    Read More

by John Hood   |   March 12, 2016

The danger of 'Transactional' journalism

One of the first things I learned from journalism professors and city editors was never to bargain with a news source about how a story would be written. The reporter’s job was to listen, transcribe...    Read More

March 12, 2016

You decide: Why are people angry?

Political pundits following the presidential campaigns of the candidates have agreed on one conclusion – many people appear to be angry. Experts offer this as the reason voters are backing non...    Read More

March 11, 2016