Get off the voter ID merry-go-round
Enough already. Let's enact a reasonable ID law and move on. Read More
NC SPIN Posts by John Hood
Yes, they'll waste our money again
Essentially, politicians turned unemployment insurance into an honor system. Of course, dishonorable people pounced. Read More
Broyhill helped build the modern GOP
Jim Broyhill and his generation of Republicans built a lasting legacy in North Carolina and beyond. Read More
Biden's budget consensus can't last
It’s not possible to bring federal spending in line with federal revenue without doing something to slow the growth of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other entitlements. Read More
Cooper should sign riot bill
The bill goes to lengths to distinguish between protests and riots. Read More
When politics enters the workplace
We don’t need silence from our civic leaders, be they in the public or private sectors. We need prudence. Read More
Racial disparities aren't proof of bias
You can’t just eyeball the two homeownership rates, 75% and 45%, and attribute the 30-point difference to racial discrimination. Read More
Freedom is the solution, not the problem
Freedom isn’t easy. It requires us to be grown-ups, to settle for living in a society in which some people just aren’t going to do what we say or believe what we believe. Read More
Deaths of despair need careful analysis
The Journal of the American Medical Association’s psychiatry edition found a strong association between death rates and church attendance. Read More
Our state's economy continues to excel
A Canadian think tank ranks North Carolina 9th among the states in economic freedom. In 2010 we ranked 19th. Read More
