NC Spin Articles


5 facts about NC schools, teachers

Education and schools in North Carolina have received a great deal of media attention in the last couple of years, including throughout the recent political campaigns. With the campaigns over, the...    Read More

December 27, 2014



Online BS

An outfit called Verifeed says “social conversations” on Twitter helped Thom Tillis beat Kay Hagan. Put me down as a skeptic.   You hear a lot of sweeping claims about how social media is...    Read More

December 27, 2014

State's growth has slowed and isn't uniform

Earlier this week, Gov. Pat McCrory touted North Carolina's population growth during 2014. The state increased by 95,047 residents from July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2014, to become the country's ninth...    Read More

December 27, 2014

The next wealth distribution division

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 27, 2014. Republican state legislators who enacted a major tax overhaul last year aren’t done. Not by a long shot. The first round of tax reform was...    Read More

December 27, 2014



Incomes remaining stagnant

The U.S. economy continues to recover from the depths of the Great Recession, and North Carolina continues to recover at a faster rate than the national average. But few would describe the general...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 26, 2014



Horace the Mule rides again

Column from The Rocky Mount Telegram, December 24, 2014. Editor’s note: The Rocky Mount Telegram is pleased to reprint what has become a holiday favorite in the Rocky Mount area: the ill-fated...    Read More

December 25, 2014