NC SPIN Posts by John Hood

Rare illegal ballots still matter

President Donald Trump’s claims about voter fraud are preposterous. No credible evidence suggests that millions of people cast illegal ballots, or that candidates who outpoll rivals by several...    Read More

by John Hood   |   January 12, 2018

Governor should lead on pipeline

I think the administration of Gov. Roy Cooper favors the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a 600-mile project connecting natural-gas generation in West Virginia to natural-gas consumers in...    Read More

by John Hood   |   January 12, 2018

Pay and train officers better

While 2017 was a good and productive year for many public and private institutions in North Carolina, it was a tragic year for our prison system. Five staffers were killed by inmates, one during an...    Read More

by John Hood   |   January 4, 2018


Does Cooper favor a big tax hike?

Does Gov. Roy Cooper believe that North Carolina’s tax burden should be $3 billion higher? It’s a fair question to ask given what Charlie Perusse, the governor’s budget director, said at a...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 29, 2017

It's too hard to fly right

Public safety is the first and foremost responsibility of government. North Carolinians want their public officials to do what is required — pass laws, appropriate funds, administer courts and...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 21, 2017



Carolina leader sides with Christmas

Josephus Daniels, one of the most prominent North Carolinians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, played a key role in a story that often circulates around Christmastime. He’s not exactly its...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 15, 2017

Tax cuts are not self-financing

Editor’s note: This Daily Journal by John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood originally ran here May 30, 2017. We are running it again in response to a story,”What happened when North Carolina...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 8, 2017

Revenue trend doesn't merit panic

North Carolina has collected less state revenue so far than projected for the 2017-18 fiscal year, to the tune of about $134 million. Alarm about this would be premature — we’ve learned in recent...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 1, 2017


Parties differ on government's scope

Most voters in North Carolina and the rest of America cast ballots reliably for either Democratic or Republican politicians — even if the voters themselves don’t belong to a party. That’s pretty...    Read More

by John Hood   |   November 23, 2017