NC Spin Articles


Grade us on the curve

As the 2016 election cycle approaches, North Carolina voters will witness a spirited political debate about how best to promote economic growth. Democrats will argue for larger government and higher...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 7, 2015

N & O wages war on Standards Review Commission

Over the last few weeks, the Raleigh News and Observer (along with its sister outlet, the Charlotte Observer) has been waging war on the opponents of Common Core and in particular on the Academic...    Read More

December 5, 2015


Trump: US will be 'greater than ever before'

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump energized a raucous crowd in Raleigh on Friday night with promises of military might, mass deportations, action against ISIS, and an end to the...    Read More

December 5, 2015

Paradise for polluters

Conservatives rolled out the welcome mat for business when they took control of state government, making clear that unleashing companies from regulatory burdens ranked at the top of their agenda...    Read More

December 4, 2015

Here we go again

As soon as you heard about the California shootings, you knew what was coming next: another political shootout over gun control, Muslim refugees, mental health, homegrown terrorism, etc, etc. Right...    Read More

December 4, 2015


McCrory versus the Fourth Estate

Pat McCrory kicked off his re-election campaign yesterday with an attack on the News & Observer. He’s selling bumperstickers that read “I don’t believe the Raleigh News & Observer.” It...    Read More

December 4, 2015

Want better schools? Let teachers teach

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, December 3, 2015. In the 1980s, North Carolina lawmakers crusaded for better schools across the state with the much heralded BEP – Basic Education Plan. In the...    Read More

December 4, 2015

Election dreams

As I visited with friends and relatives over the Thanksgiving holiday, the topic of conversation often turned to current events, including politics. The takeaway from those talks had little to do with...    Read More

December 4, 2015


Keep him or not

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 4, 2015. N.C. Supreme Court Justice Bob Edmunds of Greensboro won re-election in 2008 with 51 percent of the vote against Wake Forest University law...    Read More

December 4, 2015