NC Spin Articles

500,000 North Carolinians have heart disease

According to the Justus Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force, about 565,000 North Carolinians (7.2% of NC adults) have had a heart attack, angina or coronary heart disease in their...    Read More

February 23, 2018

Let's have a parade

I love a parade. So maybe I should be supportive of President Trump's suggestion for a big military parade sometime later this year. The president's idea has not gotten universal approval. Some argue...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   February 16, 2018

State's delegation fought budget fiasco

The humorist P.J. O’Rourke once observed that “giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” Based on what Congress just did to “fix” the budget...    Read More

by John Hood   |   February 16, 2018






New firms drive economic growth

Politicians in North Carolina and just about everywhere else in the United States seem fixated on attracting large companies to their states, often by any means necessary. This fixation is mistaken...    Read More

by John Hood   |   February 9, 2018

Democratic challenge isn't just districts

As a decades-long proponent of redistricting reform, I welcome the recent and no-doubt heartfelt support for my cause from North Carolina Democrats. But like new converts to all sorts of righteous...    Read More

by John Hood   |   February 2, 2018

Revolving around the president's sun

Donald Trump is the sun of the contemporary American political system. Its institutions, such as Congress, the parties, the media, the states, think tanks, popular culture all revolve around him as...    Read More

February 2, 2018


Fixing gerrymandering won't save the Democrats

North Carolina is frequently called Ground Zero for gerrymandering. Our state has been in court for almost two continuous decades arguing about drawing districts that illegally benefit one party or...    Read More

February 2, 2018