NC Spin Articles

It's history, no matter how you look at it

The enormity of a judge's decision late last week to allow same-sex marriages in North Carolina probably didn't hit some people until they watched the video of two men getting married live on TV or...    Read More

October 15, 2014

Stimulus story reveals much

In the homestretch of the Senate race between incumbent Kay Hagan and challenger Thom Tillis — the most expensive race in the country this year — the disclosure that Hagan’s family profited from...    Read More

by John Hood   |   October 15, 2014

October surprises

First ISIS. Then Ebola. Now men marring men and women marrying women. What’s next? “Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!”?   More to the point, will video and big Page...    Read More

October 14, 2014



Reasons to oppose gay marriage in principle

On the night of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Rabbi Daniel Greyber of Beth El Synagogue in Durham gave an eloquent, thoughtful and courageous sermon arguing in favor of gay...    Read More

October 14, 2014




Court ruling arrived quicker than expected

Editorial by Burlington Times-News, October 13, 2014. As the Alamance County Register of Deeds office prepares to receive new paperwork from the state to accommodate the newly minted licensing of same...    Read More

October 14, 2014

Jobs partnership off to a strong start

The state's new, private job-recruiting and marketing agency appears to be starting off on the right foot when it comes to transparency. The nonprofit Economic Development Partnership of North...    Read More

October 14, 2014


Time for a national look at policing

Today, electronic eyes are everywhere, and the once-submerged issue of encounters between police and black men is coming into public view. It’s creating increasing tensions between blacks...    Read More

October 13, 2014