2014 elections should focus on freedom
And so it begins again. Filing is over, and the 2014 election cycle is off and running. North Carolinians will elect a U.S. senator and 13 U.S. representatives to serve in Washington. We will elect... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Insurance companies as we know them are about to die
Americans hate health insurance companies. They are easy targets for everyone to beat up on. When premiums go up, we blame insurance companies; we do not blame the underlying hospitals or physicians... Read More
Elon Poll: Hagan's numbers continue to slide
Only one-third of North Carolina registered voters approve of Sen. Kay Hagan's job performance, her lowest rating in a year, according to the latest Elon University Poll. Hagan was the only politician... Read More
A little patience
The other day I was feeling a little down and blue about Republicans’ foibles then thanks to Democratic Chairman Randy Vollmer the sun broke through the clouds. Awhile back, the Democratic Party... Read More
Local businesses, bases hope to withstand military budget cuts
Growing fruits and vegetables on 200 acres of Lenoir County land is sometimes a hard way to make a living. Curtis Smith knows it’s the military in North Carolina that gives his family farm a... Read More
Regulators were frustrated at slow pace of Duke coal ash stormwater controls
State environmental regulators repeatedly tried to impose stormwater runoff controls at a Duke Energy power plant in Person County but were met with inaction by their supervisors for years, according... Read More
Wall Street values on Jones Street
The moral decline of modern capitalism infects North Carolina state government There are lots of insidious ways in which the unfettered greed and inequality of 21st capitalism are infecting and... Read More
Look before you (statistically) leap
Last Friday, some 44,000 discouraged North Carolina workers suddenly disappeared. Relax. It’s not as mysterious and tragic as it sounds. What happened was that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics... Read More
What's next for proponents of education choice?
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, February 27, 2014. A Wake County judge last week blocked private school tuition grants — what state lawmakers called “Opportunity Scholarships” when the... Read More
