NC Spin Articles


Is NC Missing its Federal Paycheck?

When we discuss the NC state budget, many times we focus solely on the General Fund and tax revenue.  This is not the whole picture and leaves out very pertinent information.  North Carolina...    Read More

October 10, 2013

More conservative, less Republican

The conservative project has two main parts: first, winning the argument, and, second, winning elections. The first is a job for what we call the conservative movement, meaning everything from...    Read More

October 10, 2013


New trade bill would be disastrous to NC

Job growth in North Carolina is going in the wrong direction. The most recent government data revealed a surprising increase in the state’s unemployment rate – now the third-highest unemployment...    Read More

October 10, 2013

Pat McCrory, Jim Martin not so different

See if you can identify this N.C. governor. During his successful election campaign, he argued that business taxes were discouraging employers from locating or expanding in North Carolina. “I’m...    Read More

by John Hood   |   October 10, 2013





Overconfident

What if Obamacare flops? What if the public has sticker shock? What if voters blame both sides for the shutdown?   From the White House down, Democrats seem awfully confident the shutdown-Obamacare...    Read More

October 9, 2013


The problem with the truth at DHHS

The biggest story this week about the troubled state Department of Health and Human Services has nothing to do with the testimony of embattled DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos before a legislative oversight...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   October 9, 2013