NC Spin Articles

Underage drinking

Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, September 25, 2014. Alcohol abuse takes a huge toll on our state and often it starts at a very young age. Most campaigns against underage drinking focus on high...    Read More

September 26, 2014


People want jobs, companies want workers

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, September 24, 2014. It’s a strange quandary: workers want jobs, companies want workers, but they can’t find each other. It seems what we have here is a failure...    Read More

September 26, 2014



Will McCrory be a transportation governor?

Gov. Pat McCrory crisscrossed the state last week to promote his 25-year transportation vision. It was largely received favorably wherever he went, even from editorial writers and others who like to...    Read More

September 25, 2014




NC Seeks auto plants, but what's the cost?

Editorial by News and Observer, September, 22, 2014. North Carolina has watched with envy as auto manufacturers, lured by huge incentive packages, have dotted the Southeast with plants. Jobs at $15 to...    Read More

September 25, 2014

More FDR

My late father was a dyed-in-the-wool Franklin D. Roosevelt Democrat. He liked to tell this story about why.   Jim had a lot of reasons to admire Roosevelt: His family was hit hard by the Depression...    Read More

September 24, 2014


Close combat advisors

Two things happened the other day: One nasty. The other confounding.   First ISIS posted a video on the Internet telling President Obama (in no uncertain terms) to watch out – it is going to target...    Read More

September 24, 2014