Pay for performance, not for politics
Even with the recent pay increase from the budget, North Carolina should re-examine and pay teachers based on performance. Read More
Balanced Debate For The Old North State.
Oct
20
2026
7:00 PM
The NC SPIN Reunion Live Show
October 20, 2026 • 7:00 PM
Seby B. Jones Performing Arts Center • Louisburg College, Louisburg NC
Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue • former Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker • former NC Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr • former NC House Speaker Joe Mavretic • former NC Attorney General Rufus Edmisten • John Hood • Becki Gray • Brad Crone • Peg O'Connell
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Vote NO on constitutional amendmentsRepublican legislative leaders, fearful of a blue wave November 3rd, were trying to find ways to turn out their Republican conservatives. It will likely work. Read More |
An assault on freedom and the Constitution in southeastern North Carolina
At least 10 people on an american street, minding their own business not only had their privacy wrongfully and unconstitutionally violated, but they were also quite literally “disappeared” by unidentified individuals who were presumably officers of our government. Read More
College sports: Please, no help from Congress!
The athletic programs of Division I colleges bear absolutely no relationship to the educational mission of higher education. Read More
North Carolina’s unserious Republicans
Republicans are throwing a Hail Mary, trying to ease the anger over rising gas prices. It’s a nakedly political move that will ultimately cost the state. Read More
Court ruling is a win for cleaner voter rolls, but only if rules are enforced
The Supreme court allowed the Trump administration to continue using a federal program to help states check their voter rolls for noncitizens. Read More
We the people
Nobody likes to get bad press reviews but if you don’t like bad press, don’t do bad things. Read More
One night only. The NC SPIN panel is back to analyze the elections.
October 20th, 7 p.m. Get your ticket today. Read More
Washington can’t ease our traffic jams
Because massive federal deficits will keep interest rates painfully elevated, I believe future presidents and lawmakers will be forced into serious actions. One of them will be to curtail, if not end, federal subsidies for highways. Read More
To be young, educated and Black in America
Our increasingly segregated housing patterns in this country are a primary reason for segregated schools. Read More
26 years later, Friedman’s free-market ideas meet NC’s ballot
Milton Friedman singled out property taxes as particularly vulnerable to government overreach because, unlike people and money, property can’t move. Read More
NC Supreme Court: The most important race on the ballot
Sarah Stevens calls Chief Justice Paul Newby her judicial hero. That’s disqualifying. Read More
Who could vote against a constitutional amendment limiting income tax rate to 3.5%?
A conservative’s argument against the ballot question this November. Read More
North Carolina farmers deserve the full story on Oxfam
Oxfam’s rankings reflect a clear antiagriculture and antibusiness policy agenda. Read More
Vote No on lowering state income taxes
The amendment will not lower your income taxes. This year's rate is already below the proposed cap. Read More
Trump Needs A Little Help
When folks see bungled messages like the one about stolen votes it leaves them shaking their heads, wondering what happens next. Read More
What Would Jim Hunt Say?
Trump calls N.C. “one of the worst” Read More
Healthcare reform is not optional
Healthcare reform needs to include four terms: choice, clarity, creativity, and commitment. Read More
Cope and spin won’t work
We could still see an October surprise, but some significant national event would be needed to alter the political environment. Read More
Most NC voters think Cooper would back DSA policies
A majority of North Carolinians expect him to back — not block — his party’s most left-leaning activists. Read More
The transformation of GOP masculinity, from Reagan to Mark Robinson
Republicans are no longer the party of “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Now they are the party of “some folks need killin’.” Read More
New Catawba-YouGov survey finds Trump’s approval slips further as Cooper maintains double-digit Senate lead in NC
Views of President Donald Trump are strongly associated with how North Carolina voters say they intend to vote across the 2026 ballot. Read More
Republicans aren’t just ignoring the Constitution, they’re betraying NC values
When you crush democracy, you don’t just affect elections and processes, you ensure a government at odds with your values. Read More
Hospitals defend CON to combat ‘cream skimmers.’ What about ‘bottom dredgers’?
When legal dynamics limit the market to a few giants and competition is successfully kept out, concerns about price increases after a merger hold much more weight. Read More
Stability in today's world
A step back into a spiritual practice would calm the turbulence and settle us so we might once again find our way. Read More
North Carolinians have liked strong legislatures
If we thoughtlessly perform a constitutional appendectomy, we may rudely discover in the future that we’ve discarded something vitally important. Read More
