NC Spin Articles


Why can't we get the economy just right

by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, September 15, 2017. Although my late mother never finished high school, she still was a wise person. One of her favorite sayings was, there’s two...    Read More

September 15, 2017

Governors matter to business leaders

Democrats believe that their progressive policies would be best for North Carolina’s economy. Republicans believe their conservative ideas are the best recipe. For business executives, entrepreneurs...    Read More

by John Hood   |   September 8, 2017


UNC BOG members blindside colleagues

In a session filled with cutting debate and rapid-fire resolutions, several members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors on Thursday issued a litany of significant proposals...    Read More

September 8, 2017


Support for public schools waning

Results from the 49th annual PDK Poll of public’s attitudes toward the public schools were released last week.  The PDK Poll, commissioned by the pro-public-school magazine, Phi Delta Kappan...    Read More

September 8, 2017


DACA, Senator Tillis, and the Dreamers

by Brooke Medina, Civitas Institute, September 6, 2017. DACA was a temporary, constitutionally-questionable response to an extremely sensitive issue The best place to create a resolution to the...    Read More

September 8, 2017

Amazon's HQ2 is tailor-made for RTP

A match made in Heaven? Amazon HQ2 and RTP. Think about it. A review of Amazon's "key preferences and decision drivers" for a new, second headquarters worth $5 billion or more and coming with...    Read More

September 8, 2017



Legislature has misused lottery funding

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, Published by Burlington Times-News, September 7, 2017. If we want to know why North Carolina schools haven’t improved anywhere near as much as we need them to, we...    Read More

September 8, 2017