NC Spin Articles

The American economic system

Guest commentary from Mike Armstrong, February 17, 2014. One common trap that a lot of us fall into is rising to defend the current American economic system ... As if it were a free market economy. it...    Read More

February 18, 2014

Political climate change?

It’s been several months since the North Carolina General Assembly adjourned the 2013 long session last July and there’s no mistaking the altered vibe that now pervades the state capital. When...    Read More

by Rob Schofield   |   February 18, 2014



McCrory's big week

Last week summed up the obstacles and opportunities that Governor McCrory faces as he governs in a purple state where politics is played for keeps. And he saw how hard it is, even for a Governor, to...    Read More

February 18, 2014

Pandora's box

It’s got to be a temptation – but it may not have a happy ending.   Lately, President Obama’s taken to running the country by Executive Order – for  instance, the other day he found a part...    Read More

February 18, 2014

GOP Senate nod still up for grabs

PPP's monthly look at the North Carolina Senate race finds Thom Tillis continuing to have difficulty breaking away from the pack in a way that would let him avoid a runoff in the Republican Senate...    Read More

February 18, 2014


Constitution likely to sink voucher plan

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, February 18, 2014. It's no surprise that a Superior Court judge in Raleigh refused Monday to dismiss a lawsuit against the state's new school-voucher program. The...    Read More

February 18, 2014

Regulatory favoritism in North Carolina

Editorial by New York Times, February 16, 2014. North Carolina citizens have good reason to wonder just whom their environmental regulators are trying to protect. The state’s Department of...    Read More

February 18, 2014

Hunger games

Editorial by Asheville Citizen-Times, reprinted in Greenville Daily Reflector, February 16, 2014. North Carolinians who need food stamps are safe, for now. The Senate on Wednesday passed and sent to...    Read More

February 17, 2014