NC Spin Articles


Some speech is "more free" than others

All speech is free, but some speech is more free than others.” This seems to be the motto of the current members of the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors and their General Assembly...    Read More

December 15, 2017

Maps, mayhem and merriment in NC redistricting

If the General Assembly were an army, their troops would be spread too thin. Lawmakers made a tactical decision this year to redraw judicial district boundaries. On another battle front, they’re...    Read More

December 15, 2017


Death penalty would not have saved officers

Editorial by Capitol Broadcasting Company, December 13, 2017. Cynical and shameful. That is a generous assessment of the statement issued by North Carolina’s two top legislative leaders in response...    Read More

December 15, 2017

Carolina leader sides with Christmas

Josephus Daniels, one of the most prominent North Carolinians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, played a key role in a story that often circulates around Christmastime. He’s not exactly its...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 15, 2017




Can good behavior sometimes cost you more?

by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, December 10, 2017. There’s an old saying stating, “no good deed goes unpunished.” I was reminded of it during a recent radio call-in program...    Read More

December 15, 2017

Tax cuts are not self-financing

Editor’s note: This Daily Journal by John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood originally ran here May 30, 2017. We are running it again in response to a story,”What happened when North Carolina...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 8, 2017