Alexander H. Jones

A Defense of Joe Biden

by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 15, 2022 | Politics | 5 comments

America during the presidency of Joe Biden has been wracked with difficulties. There is no question about that, and I am not here to persuade skeptical readers to the contrary. And of course, the president receives blame for events that cause malaise among the mass...

A Backlash Against the Trumpified Supreme Court is Possible but not Guaranteed

by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 8, 2022 | Politics | 5 comments

The United States Supreme Court is making every Republican promise real. For decades, GOP politicians have pandered to their party’s extreme wing with pledges to enact an agenda quite far to the right of the median voter’s preferences. Swing voters largely...

The Gender Gap Between Beasley and Budd Could be Huge

by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 30, 2022 | Politics | 6 comments

The contest for U.S. Senate in North Carolina features a stark contrast in personalities. In temperament, background, and ideological intensity, Cheri Beasley and Ted Budd, each carrying their respective partisan banner, are dramatically different people. Their...

America, America, What Have You Become?

by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 6, 2022 | Politics | 7 comments

I remember when, in about 2010, Republicans began putting pictures of assault rifles in their campaign advertisements. The response from most observers amounted to “Oh my god! That’s crossing a line.” Now every Republican from Lauren Boebert to Bo...

Medicaid Expansion Would Be a Signal Achievement

by Alexander H. Jones | May 31, 2022 | Politics | 1 comment

Republicans such as Senator Phil Berger opposed Medicaid expansion so tenaciously it almost seemed to be a matter of religious conviction. As Berger himself liked to argue, most of the uninsured in North Carolina were “able-bodied men,” whom he deemed...