NC Spin Articles



UNC scandal, charade

Last year’s column “Dishonest Educators” reported on the largest school cheating scandal in U.S. history. In more than three-quarters of the 56 Atlanta schools investigated, teachers changed...    Read More

November 6, 2014




SPIN Panelists analyze the election

We asked our NC SPIN panelists to give us their spin on Tuesday's election results. Scroll down to see what they said: Results not a predictor for 2016, by Phil Kirk The voters once again proved the...    Read More

November 5, 2014


10 Takeaways from the elections

1.President Obama told us this election was about his polices and he was right. The American people do not like ObamaCare, wishy-washy foreign policy, an escalating debt and excuses instead of...    Read More

by Becki Gray   |   November 5, 2014

It's time to govern

Editorial by News and Observer, November 4, 2014. Republicans around the nation enjoyed a night of election results in which they finally defeated Barack Obama, a man who has twice won national...    Read More

November 5, 2014

Tillis takes U.S. Senate

by Mark Binker, WRAL, November 5, 2014. Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis has ousted U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a first-term Democrat, according to incomplete and unofficial returns. Tillis' margin...    Read More

November 5, 2014


The agenda starting tomorrow

Regardless of what happens today, North Carolina’s greatest policy challenge is increasingly clear It’s one of the great conundrums of modern society: All around us, images of wealth, comfort...    Read More

by Rob Schofield   |   November 4, 2014