NC Spin Articles





State should not control alcohol

I am a teetotaler who believes that my fellow North Carolinians should be free to buy and consume the alcoholic beverages of their choice from the vendors of their choice. They don’t currently...    Read More

by John Hood   |   June 9, 2017

Lawmakers disqualify Cooper's session call

by Laura Leslie, WRAL, June 8, 2017. State lawmakers are disregarding Gov. Roy Cooper's call Wednesday for an extra session to redraw the legislative districts struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court...    Read More

June 9, 2017



Our state of conflict

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 6, 2017. Gov. Roy Cooper lost a round in court last week and didn’t like it. “It looks like the threats from the legislature had an effect on these judges...    Read More

June 9, 2017

Time to give gerrymandering a good funeral

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 6, 2017. Maybe it’s time to stop blaming liberal judges for legislating from the bench. Maybe it’s time for this state’s lawmakers to stop all the blame...    Read More

June 9, 2017

Corruption in NC prisons

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, published in Greenville Daily Reflector, June 7, 2017. When North Carolina prison officers weren’t gratuitously beating inmates or putting hot sauce on their...    Read More

June 9, 2017


Breaking down 2018 election numbers

The primaries and general election of 2018 will be unique.  They will effectively be legislators’ elections.  The North Carolina ballot will look like this:* U.S. House of Representatives State...    Read More

June 9, 2017