Healthcare system meltdown?
Thirty-five years ago, Hollywood made the American public aware of something called “The China Syndrome” – a vivid and terrifying descriptive term for the potentially devastating consequences... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Republicans can cure Democrats' disarray
At the Democratic National Committee’s winter meeting, an internal report says the party is in disarray. It lacks a coherent message and the ability to motivate its base, the report says. To win... Read More
Move N.C. presidential primary to March 1
We haven’t had a meaningful Republican presidential primary in North Carolina since Ronald Reagan’s victory in 1976. Since then, our May primaries have had little impact, since the states that... Read More
UNC controversy puts spotlight on poverty
A silver lining in the highly politicized controversy over whether to close a center on poverty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the new attention it focused on the plight of the... Read More
NC's cash for jobs - at all levels
As the General Assembly continues talks on new corporate welfare – your state tax dollars doled out to whomever they deem the new “big thing”. It doesn’t stop there. Don’t forget your... Read More
ECU Med school needs more funding
Administrators for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University say the state must increase funding for the medical school so it can keep cranking out family doctors for rural North... Read More
Chief Justice Martin to speak to Legislature
Legislators plan to invite N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin to speak to a joint session on March 4 - the first such speech in years. Sen. Tom Apodaca, a leading Republican from... Read More
More than ever, we need to support N.C. higher ed
by Richard Vinroot, former Charlotte Mayor and candidate for Governor, published in Charlotte Observer, February 23, 2015. Coach Dean Smith was my college coach, and a hero of mine and many others... Read More
The FCC should topple NC limits on public Internet networks
Editorial by News and Observer, February 22, 2015. This Thursday the Federal Communications Commission may improve North Carolinians’ chances of getting inexpensive, high-speed Internet access... Read More
A martyr to applause
If the recent review of campus-based centers by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors was all an elaborate ruse to silence a critic of state Republicans, it would probably qualify as the... Read More
