NC Spin Articles

Will McCrory be a transportation governor?

Gov. Pat McCrory crisscrossed the state last week to promote his 25-year transportation vision. It was largely received favorably wherever he went, even from editorial writers and others who like to...    Read More

September 25, 2014




NC Seeks auto plants, but what's the cost?

Editorial by News and Observer, September, 22, 2014. North Carolina has watched with envy as auto manufacturers, lured by huge incentive packages, have dotted the Southeast with plants. Jobs at $15 to...    Read More

September 25, 2014

More FDR

My late father was a dyed-in-the-wool Franklin D. Roosevelt Democrat. He liked to tell this story about why.   Jim had a lot of reasons to admire Roosevelt: His family was hit hard by the Depression...    Read More

September 24, 2014

Close combat advisors

Two things happened the other day: One nasty. The other confounding.   First ISIS posted a video on the Internet telling President Obama (in no uncertain terms) to watch out – it is going to target...    Read More

September 24, 2014



Driver's ed shell game

Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, September 23, 2014. In passing the cost of driver education to parents of high school students, state lawmakers appear to be playing a shell game with the...    Read More

September 24, 2014

The road ahead

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 24, 2014. Pat McCrory made his political reputation on the strength of a progressive transportation project — Charlotte’s light-rail system...    Read More

September 24, 2014


Healthcare insurance premiums about to surge

A sizable number of North Carolina residents are learning they are no longer eligible for Obamacare, and some health policy premiums could jump 60 percent within two years, an insurance official says...    Read More

September 24, 2014