NC Spin Articles

Senate out of step with new tax cut plan

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, June 13, 2015. Republican N.C. Senate leaders last week rolled out a sweeping tax-cut plan that almost undoubtably will extend the legislative session and further...    Read More

June 14, 2015

Signs of political independence

Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, June 13, 2015. Recent actions in Raleigh and Washington offer a rare and refreshing reminder that politicians are not always in lockstep with their party. Some...    Read More

June 14, 2015

Attend to needs before cutting more taxes

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 14, 2015. A bill in the General Assembly sets up a study to determine why teachers leave North Carolina. Why bother? There's no mystery here. Despite some...    Read More

June 14, 2015


Three reasons the future is conservative

The clichй is that conservatives are stuck in the past, but the truth is that our ideas provide the best way to move into a turbulent future. Of course, conservatives respect the past and draw...    Read More

June 13, 2015

Standing in the schoolhouse door

With the override of Pat McCrory’s veto of Senate Bill 2, the rebranding of North Carolina that McCrory promised when he took office is complete. We’re no longer that enlightened Southern state...    Read More

June 13, 2015

Fallout continues for UNC

Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, June 12, 2015. A crucial accrediting agency this week left no doubt, if anyone still had a shred, that academic infractions have seriously compromised the University of...    Read More

June 13, 2015


Pistols and politics

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 12, 2015. Politicians and pistols have a colorful history in North Carolina, which might be modernized if a measure is enacted to allow legislators and their...    Read More

June 13, 2015


Looking beyond abortion deadline

Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, June 11, 2015. People will certainly try, but it would be difficult to read much politically into news that abortions are in decline nationwide and sharply in...    Read More

June 12, 2015