by Thomas Mills | Sep 9, 2016 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Voting Rights |
For a brief period following the Civil War and Reconstruction, African-Americans enjoyed voting rights similar to those of white people. They elected mayors, legislators, and even Congressmen. They were all Republicans because Lincoln freed the slaves. By the end of...
by Walt de Vries | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, History, National Politics, Politics, Presidential race |
If you are 69 years of age or older, you should remember the Nixon/Humphrey/ Wallace presidential election of 1968. However, if you are even older—like me, 73 years or more—you may also recall the 1964 presidential election of Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater as...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 9, 2015 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog, Race |
Saturday was the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the march in Selma, Alabama that propelled the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Obama and President George W. Bush both attended. So did more than a hundred members of Congress. Only one member of...
by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 2, 2013 | NC Politics, Tax Reform
In 1963, Ayn Rand wrote The Fascist New Frontier. In Bob Rucho’s telling, John Kennedy’s 2013 self would have seen his 1963 self as a fascist and joined the Tea Party. History suggests that Rand’s disciples would have despised Kennedy and he would have hated them...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 6, 2013 | National Politics |
The pundits and political observers are all atwitter over Barack Obama’s statement, “If you want to keep your plan, you can” when in reality, people with lousy plans can’t. They are demanding he own his lie and some are even talking impeachment (geez, these folks...
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