NC Spin Articles

Pro and anti-HB2 rallies held at Capitol

A rally in support of House Bill 2, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, organized by the Christian Action League of NC and Return America, along with other social conservative groups, was...    Read More

April 12, 2016


Is Medicaid broken or just misrepresented?

Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, April 12, 2016. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services should do its job and put an end to mistaken Medicaid overpayments to doctors and...    Read More

April 12, 2016



School choice is now mainstream

When I first advocated the idea of parental choice in elementary and secondary education, it was considered by many to be a radical notion. It shouldn’t have been. For decades, American students and...    Read More

by John Hood   |   April 12, 2016

McCrory announces limited Medicaid expansion

Gov. Pat McCrory announced Monday that he plans to expand the state’s Medicaid rolls in several limited areas as part of his Health and Human Services budget priorities, and will continue to seek...    Read More

April 12, 2016


You decide: Is there trouble with trade?

One of the first principles I teach my new economics students is the benefits of trade. I use the following example (remember, I’m talking to 18- to 20-year-olds): Two students live across the hall...    Read More

April 9, 2016

The Honorables do the right thing

Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, April 8, 2016. It's easy to snipe at the legislature when it does something wrong, and lately, North  Carolina's Honorables have been fish in the figurative barrel...    Read More

April 9, 2016