NC Spin Articles

New push for immigration action is overdue

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, October 8, 2013. The national debate over immigration reform is often couched in inflammatory language about low-skill workers who entered the country illegally...    Read More

October 9, 2013

Subsidy surprises and other ACA nonsense

President Obama said that if you liked your health insurance plan, nothing would change under the Affordable Care Act. Based on reports of skyrocketing premiums, the president must have had his...    Read More

October 9, 2013

Shutdown: The tea party’s last stand

If the nation is lucky, this October will mark the beginning of the end of the tea party. The movement is suffering from extreme miscalculation and a foolish misreading of its opponents’ intentions...    Read More

October 8, 2013


Eat your broccoli

Republicans in Congress have been trying to shift the blame for the shut down onto Democrats ever since they started it. It’s been a losing battle so far. Polls show people are increasingly holding...    Read More

October 8, 2013




N.C. rightly resists lowering bar on tests

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, October 6, 2013. For a couple of years now, North Carolina has been playing an unfortunate game of follow the leader with Florida on education issues. Republican...    Read More

October 8, 2013




Blather, Baloney and Conventional Wisdom

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.” – George Eliot As the ridiculous government shutdown staggers into its second week, this morning’s cable news chatter...    Read More

October 7, 2013