NC Spin Articles






NC Voters reflect demographic shift

Nearly half of North Carolina voters in the last election were born somewhere else, a fact that is particularly evident in fast growing metropolitan areas such as the Triangle. That likely means that...    Read More

July 16, 2014

Plant the seed for fruitful debate

m told that while there is no firmly established gift tradition for a 28th anniversary, the modern practice is to signify the event with an orchid. Well, this month marks the 28th anniversary of the...    Read More

by John Hood   |   July 16, 2014


It's all in the game

What is it about our sports teams that possesses us so?   Brazil’s soccer team loses in the World Cup, and a nation plunges into despair, mourning and an angry orgy of recrimination. A national...    Read More

July 15, 2014

Tempers flare; no budget in sight

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, July 14, 2014. Two weeks into the new fiscal year, the N.C. General Assembly seems no closer to passing a revised state budget than it was before legislators...    Read More

July 15, 2014

Don't forget the lottery losers

Behind every state lottery dollar that goes to education is a loser. There's also a winner – the teacher whose salary it pays, the student who gets a scholarship or the district where a new school...    Read More

July 15, 2014