The rising solar wave
Despite the right wing’s cynical sabotage efforts, the momentum for solar energy keeps building Looking for some good news on what can seem at times these days to be a rather bleak public policy... Read More
NC Spin Articles
2014's Most outrageous campaign mailers
Deep inside the bowels of North Carolina politics, a contest is under way (Not really, but play along for fun). The competition aims to find the political ad designer who contrives the most outrageous... Read More
Flawed regulations let billionaires buy Senators
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, October 20, 2014. Regardless of the outcome of this year's U.S. Senate race between incumbent Kay Hagan and state House Speaker Thom Tillis, North Carolina voters... Read More
When is a PR flack not a PR flack?
When he’s “a writer living in Chapel Hill.” That’s how Eric Johnson is described in his tag line at the end of an op-ed piece in the News & Observer on October 19 entitled “NC Needs a... Read More
Hagan maintains lead in Senate race
PPP's newest North Carolina poll finds a steady race, with Kay Hagan leading at 46% to 43% for Thom Tillis and 5% for Sean Haugh. This is the third month in a row that Hagan has held an advantage of... Read More
Review commission says Common Core too hard for some students
Members of a state commission working to replace Common Core argued Monday that the academic standards are too hard for some students. Some commission members said that the Common Core standards... Read More
Hagans: It's worse than we thought
From a report filed early Saturday by WRAL-TV news, we have confirmation that a cluster of businesses owned by Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s husband and other family members collected even more... Read More
With three weeks to go, let's analyze electorate
With three weeks to go, a lot of prognostication is going on in the political analysis universe. Some analysts like to attach ‘chances are’ percentages to their predictions, while others... Read More
Naming highway for Tolson deserved
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, October 19, 2014. To hear the nonstop television blather, you might wonder if there’s anything this country will ever be able to agree on again. We’re not sure... Read More
NC cities starting to feel the loss of privilege tax
When the legislature voted last session to take away municipalities’ ability to charge a privilege license tax starting in July 2015, city leaders across the state warned about loss of revenue. What... Read More
