NC Spin Articles

Competition improves education

If you 're a fan of charter schools you should be watching what's going on in Washington DC. Last week the Washington Post ran a very interesting article on DC principals going door-to-door to tout...    Read More

July 19, 2014


Not exactly poetry in motion

Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 17, 2014. A lot of fire-breathing discontent emerged this past week over a still-smoldering issue that is once more emblematic of the political and cultural...    Read More

July 18, 2014




A Common Core

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 18, 2014. North Carolina’s replacement of Common Core may boil down to the question: What’s in a name? The movement led by some Republicans to withdraw...    Read More

July 18, 2014



Two sides in film incentive debate

It's looking like the current film incentives program may be scrapped for a much different grant program for TV and movie production companies. Other possible outcomes of this year's legislative...    Read More

July 18, 2014

Another round of the numbers game

Several of my recent columns have addressed the statistical basis of political disputes over education funding, the state budget, and declines in North Carolina’s unemployment rate. Researching...    Read More

by John Hood   |   July 18, 2014


Phil Cantor, Jr.?

Republican primaries are the best entertainment you can find this summer.   First Eric Cantor loses in a monumental upset. Then black Democrats save Thad Cochrane’s hide. Then two former Democrats...    Read More

July 17, 2014