NC Spin Articles



States' Rights Redux

Some North Carolina politicians sound today just like their predecessors in the 1950s, railing against the Supreme Court and rallying behind “state’s rights.”   Then it was racial...    Read More

October 8, 2014


Wanted: informed voters, visionary candidates

Editorial by Salisbury Post, October 5, 2014. Have you had your fill yet of U.S. Senate television ads for Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis? Countless times throughout the day, you see Hagan questioning...    Read More

October 8, 2014


Spending has diminishing returns

One of my favorite modern historians, the late Rufus Fears at the University of Oklahoma, was fond of saying that “ideas make history.” University of Chicago professor and North Carolina native...    Read More

by John Hood   |   October 8, 2014


Thoms not their cup of tea

Thom Tillis is getting the worst of both worlds. The Tea Party doesn’t think he’s one of them, and voters think he’s too close to the Tea Party.   The right-leaning Washington Times quoted...    Read More

October 7, 2014

Count the votes

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, October 7, 2014. North Carolina voters are apt to be confused by changes they’ll see at the polls starting later this month. But don’t blame U.S. Court of...    Read More

October 7, 2014



No change to NC marriage law for 10 days

When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday not to take up appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriage, it effectively changed marriage laws in 11 states, including the District of...    Read More

October 7, 2014