How long before you own the problem?
Last weekend Governor Pat McCrory appeared on the statewide television talk show NC SPIN to discuss his first eight months in office. Throughout that interview he blamed many of the state’s current... Read More
My Spin by Tom Campbell
15 years, four governors and change
NC SPIN is approaching a milestone, our 15th year of broadcasting balanced debate for the Old North State. I’ll never forget that first show. We were all wondering if we would have enough to talk... Read More
Running out of gas with two critical transportation questions
100,000 new residents call North Carolina home each year. From 1990 to 2010, our population grew by 44 percent and vehicle travel increased 63 percent. 54 percent of our major urban highways are... Read More
Belhaven hospital closing
Vidant Health Systems, in Greenville, announced this week that they were closing their Pungo hospital in Belhaven. 90 or more jobs will be lost and patients in the region will be without hospital... Read More
No longer the smartest kids
Not too many years ago American schools were the best in the world and our kids were the smartest. But that’s not true today. A new book, The Smartest kids in the world, and how they got that way... Read More
Repeal Obamacare? Then what?
Even its most ardent supporters agree The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is flawed, so there is no surprise there is a growing movement to repeal this act most believe won’t cure our healthcare... Read More
Republicans and Democrats agree on this
Amidst all the charges back and forth regarding election laws of our state there is one thing on which both Democrats and Republicans obviously agree: They want to make it as difficult as possible for... Read More
Do Mainstream Republicans Have the Courage to Take Back their Party?
Republican Congressman Robert Pittenger, home for the summer recess, has been holding Town Hall Meetings in his district. In a recent one, a Tea Partier rose to ask Pittenger what he described as an... Read More
All eyes are on McCrory
The legislature has adjourned, their work praised and criticized from the right and the left. Now all eyes are on Governor Pat McCrory. On his desk are 38 bills awaiting action. He can sign them into... Read More
View from the Center
You’ve heard the spin from the right and the left regarding this session of the General Assembly, but little from centrists. I don’t claim to speak for all them all, but I call myself one and... Read More
