Let’s Go to Work
A strange bank robbery provides a commentary on America today. A man went into a bank and handed the teller a note demanding one dollar and health care. He wasn’t crazy. He was desperate. The robber... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Just askin'
Why does UNC Chapel Hill need 115 full and part time employees in the academic support program for athletes? According to the News and Observer (7/29) these people track academic progress, tutor and... Read More
Call me Crazy.....
Crazy me. I thought North Carolina was having budget problems, but that is obviously wrong. Otherwise they wouldn’t be advertising to lease more than 1 million square feet of office space that will... Read More
Sequestration Could Cost NC Thousands of Jobs
It is estimated there are 30,000 civilian employees at Fort Bragg, Camp LeJeune, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station and the Coast Guard Air Station. These jobs are... Read More
Duke Wanted Out – So Do We
Former Progress Energy CEO Bill Johnson testified before the NC Utilities Commission that after federal regulators failed to approve the Duke-Progress “merger” for a second time, Duke Energy... Read More
Mr. Publisher
Being in the media business is like wading through quicksand. Every time you think you’ve found firm ground you start sinking. Not long ago we depended on the newspaper for news, then radio... Read More
NC SPIN panelists opine on elections
John Hood There were no great surprises in the runoff results, at least not to my mind. Former Labor Commissioner John Brooks retained just enough name recognition to get the Democratic nomination for... Read More
Nobody Cared. Even so, we spent $18 per vote
There were winners and losers in Tuesday’s runoff elections but the big losers were the taxpayers of our state, who shelled out a reported four million dollars only to have 3.5 percent registered... Read More
No More Runoffs
North Carolina taxpayers are about to spend several million dollars on Tuesday’s runoff election. According to state statutes if no candidate in a race receives 40 percent of the votes cast in a... Read More
Coastal Regulations Require Top to Bottom Review
When summer temperatures soar many of us seek relief along North Carolina’s coastline, as has been the case for more than two centuries. We’ve seen major changes over the past 100 years... Read More
