NC Spin Articles

Kay Hagan won't run in 2016

by Emily Cahn and Niels Lesnlewski, Roll Call, June 23, 2015. Former North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan will not be mounting a challenge to her former GOP colleague, Sen. Richard M. Burr. Hagan, who...    Read More

June 24, 2015

Did Republicans kill Voter ID?

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, June 23, 2015. North Carolina Republicans did a startling and uncharacteristic thing last week: In the face of a potentially unfavorable legal outcome, they gutted a...    Read More

June 24, 2015

Moral claims don't persuade

In nearly three decades of writing a syndicated column on North Carolina politics and government, I’ve always received reader response. Back in the day, I’d get an occasional phone call or...    Read More

by John Hood   |   June 24, 2015


Huckabee, Clinton lead NC in Elon Poll

Name recognition goes a long way in American politics, and according to the latest surveys from the Elon University Poll, it looks to be a great time to be a Clinton or a Bush running for the White...    Read More

June 23, 2015


Hints of hope amongst the carnage

Average North Carolinians are pushing back against the gun fundamentalists…and winning It’s hard to feel very optimistic about much of anything in the aftermath of last week’s horrific tragedy...    Read More

by Rob Schofield   |   June 23, 2015


Reliving the past

The death of former UNC Chancellor Bill Aycock reminds us that today’s legislature isn’t the first to ram through bad laws, that today’s attacks on higher education aren’t the first and that...    Read More

June 23, 2015

Dems doubling down on education

State Democrats are doubling down on education as their major issue heading into 2016. While the General Assembly has passed contentious laws relating to abortion, gay marriage, and the environment...    Read More

June 23, 2015

Ten years later, GOP likes the lottery

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, June 22, 2015. Ten years after waging a losing battle against passage of the N.C. Education Lottery, Republican legislators now seem all too happy to enjoy the...    Read More

June 23, 2015


How to right-size a university system

Academia is notoriously resistant to major changes. Whereas private sector firms rise, fall, merge, reorganize, acquire, and cast off unprofitable divisions with amazing speed, colleges and...    Read More

June 23, 2015