NC Spin Articles


SBI settlements: The high cost of injustice

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, August 18, 2013. North Carolina taxpayers will pay dearly for inexcusable mistakes made by the State Bureau of Investigation over the years. But men who will...    Read More

August 19, 2013

Moffitt slips up, tells truth

Why can’t politicians just own their gaffes? In the latest round of “too absurd to believe” Tim Moffitt shenanigans, the state representative from Buncombe County claims he just badly delivered...    Read More

August 19, 2013


Politics aside, our schools must thrive

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, August 17, 2013. And just like that, summer is gone. Oh sure, there's at least one more hot spell in our future, and we won't be raking leaves for a while yet. But...    Read More

August 18, 2013

Innovative school points the way

Editorial, Greenville Daily Reflector, August 17, 2013. Last Thursday’s visit to a unique public school in Plymouth by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture couldn’t have come at a better time for...    Read More

August 18, 2013

In Friday’s name, fund education

Viewpoint, Charlotte Observer, August 18, 2013. We write to express our concerns with recently enacted changes in education policy and reductions in school funding. We offer these concerns as a...    Read More

August 18, 2013



Not ready for prime time

Editorial, Greensboro News and Record, August 18, 2013. Gov. Pat McCrory had the right idea when he decided not to hold a public ceremony while signing the state’s sweeping — and repressive...    Read More

August 18, 2013



Republicans' big problem with crazy

The GOP establishment pandered to Tea Party extremism to win the 2010 midterm elections. Now, it's reaping the whirlwind 'Today, the intra-party cleavage is between the Republican establishment and...    Read More

August 18, 2013