NC Spin Articles


Pure power play

Flexing its muscles, the Republican Establishment decided to put Donald Trump in his place – but missed that while Trump may be part whacko he’s also pure cutthroat: When the GOP Doyens sitting...    Read More

July 14, 2015



Voting law on trial

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 14, 2015. The voting rights trial that opened in federal court in Winston-Salem Monday is getting a wide audience but may not measure up to its big claims...    Read More

July 14, 2015

GOP claims union backing 'Moral Monday'

by Mark Binker, WRAL, July 13, 2015. The North Carolina Republican Party used a news conference in Winston-Salem Monday morning to spotlight what party leaders say is an unseemly connection between...    Read More

July 14, 2015



Mandating the way to higher health costs

The U.S. Supreme Court might have saved Obamacare from having to operate as written, but the landmark decision in King v. Burwell has not deterred those on the right side of the political debate...    Read More

July 14, 2015

A one-step fix for North Carolina's budget

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 12, 2015. There’s one person who can take one bold step to fix one big problem with the N.C. legislature’s budget process. It would be a politically risky...    Read More

July 13, 2015

State falls short in addressing coal ash fears

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 13, 2015. They live in places around North Carolina such as Salisbury, Moncure, Eden, Belews Creek and Wilmington. They live in Lumberton, site of a shuttered...    Read More

July 13, 2015


A foundation for growth

Would North Carolinians ever vote to elect Donald Trump or somebody like him? We did once. When we did, we proved that North Carolinians, like voters across America, can be attracted to tough-talking...    Read More

by John Hood   |   July 13, 2015