NC Spin Articles


McCain is a donkey in an elephant costume

Let me start by saying I have great respect for Senator John McCain’s military service and years of suffering he endured as a Prisoner of War.  However in the last few years I have wondered if he...    Read More

October 16, 2013

Mental Health Gaps Jeopardize Public Safety

Almost unheard of before 1966, mass shootings like the Newtown massacre have become more and more frequent in modern American life. Pundits and politicians alike have been unable to identify the root...    Read More

October 16, 2013


GOP debacle

For Republicans, the shutdown turned into a slapdown and the default into their fault.  The GOP lost the debate, lost the battle for public opinion and put itself in a deep, deep hole for the...    Read More

October 16, 2013

NAACP: Newby should step aside

The groups challenging North Carolina legislative and congressional districts are again asking the state Supreme Court to have Justice Paul Newby step aside from hearing the case. Lawyers representing...    Read More

October 16, 2013




Durham challenged to lose 140 tons

Most people don’t break into dance after a press conference, but more than 50 did Monday. They were practicing what they preached: Exercise is good. It was the kickoff to a city-county initiative...    Read More

October 15, 2013

Can the potty jokes

Spend $230,000 in taxpayers’ money fixing up the private bathrooms at the Executive Mansion? You could hear howls across the state when that news leaked. (Get it? “Leaked”?)   OK, time out. No...    Read More

October 15, 2013


A Doc speaks out on Obamacare

My patients are not signing up for the new Obamacare insurance at the New York State exchange. Not a single patient so far. A few have tried, but they haven’t managed to get past the bureaucracy and...    Read More

October 15, 2013