NC Spin Articles


The war against achievement

by Thomas Sowell,  published in Real Clear Politics, November 19, 2013. A friend recently sent me a link to an inspiring video about an upbeat young black man who was born without arms. It showed...    Read More

November 19, 2013

Whither Obamacare

Judging from Obamacare, Democrats can’t make government work. Judging from the October shutdown, Republicans don’t want it to work. What’s a democracy to do?   Obamacare is essentially an old...    Read More

November 19, 2013


Not a vice to be "unmanageable"

Up in the gilded halls of Congress the Tea Partiers went on a tear last month voting against Debt Ceiling increases and budgets that didn’t cut spending but the whole proposition of fighting it out...    Read More

November 19, 2013

No I-95 improvements unless legislature acts

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, November 19, 2013. The money isn't there. You can scan the state budget all day long, but you won't find $4.5 billion in loose change for widening and improving...    Read More

November 19, 2013

Obamacare Fix Will Blow Up on Insurers

The state's insurance commissioner is joining the Obama administration's plan to browbeat/lure/trick insurance companies into ignoring federal law and offering insurance plans that don't meet the...    Read More

November 19, 2013


NC economy benefits by engaging the world

As our economy struggles to get back on its feet, it is easy for North Carolinians to focus on domestic concerns, those issues and problems that appear most pertinent to our daily lives here at home...    Read More

November 19, 2013

Job training that works

In Charlotte, an automated welder needs repairs, bringing the production line to a halt. In Oregon, a computer virus disrupts sales for thousands of small businesses. In Southeast Asia, storms knock...    Read More

November 19, 2013

How we made ACA work

In our states – Washington, Kentucky and Connecticut – the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” is working. Tens of thousands of our residents have enrolled in affordable health-care coverage...    Read More

November 19, 2013


We are letting the media do it again

The establishment left leaning Media is trying to again pick the candidate for the Republicans in 2016. Although I congratulate Governor Chris Christie on his win in New Jersey, the media circus has...    Read More

November 18, 2013