Leaving nothing on the table
Back in the day, North Carolina had a long session of the legislature in odd numbered years and short session of the legislature in even years. During the long session, the General Assembly passed a budget that would serve the state for two years. It was based on...
An Unending Scandal
Will Rierson is the 2018-19 John Blundell Fellow at the John William Pope Foundation. North Carolinians of all political stripes can agree that our university system is worth cheering. It produces the research and knowledge workers who drive our modern economy, and...
Liar, Liar
Harris is letting McCready and the media paint him as a corrupt politician that would do anything it takes to win an election. If that’s not true, he ought to defend himself. If it is true, the lies better be pretty damn elaborate to explain this away.
An appreciation of Western North Carolina
Allow me to recount one of the best moments of my life. I was sitting in the passenger seat with a friend I may never see again. We rolled down I-85 as the hills rose into ridges and tobacco farms gave way to wide pastures for gently grazing cattle. As Hickory came...
NCGOP Dumps Harris
Soon after the news that the results in the 9th Congressional District were not being certified, Thomas published a piece here titled "What Did Mark Harris Know and When Did He Know It?" In the immediate aftermath of this mess, the NCGOP rushed to have the race...
NC-09: Mark Harris’s Paige Patterson problem
Originally posted on June 6, 2018, this piece offers insight into the character of Mark Harris and his ambition. He stood with morally challenged leaders instead of standing up for what was right. If anything defines Paige Patterson’s career, it’s misogyny....
Credit where credit is due
When the election fraud scandal in in the 9thCongressional race broke, the Republican Party initially said we need a full investigation but that presumed winner Mark Harris should be seated in Congress. They initially said Democrats were trying to steal the election....
A Look Back at the Congressional Elections
This year, Americans elected 35 of the 100 members of the United States Senate and all 435 members of the United States House of Representatives, substantially altering the composition of Congress in what was largely the first national referendum on Donald Trump’s...
Sigh. Let the races begin
Yesterday, state Senator Terry Van Duyn of Asheville fired the starting pistol of the 2020 election when she announced she’s a candidate for lieutenant governor. With current light guv Dan Forrest term limited, she’s running for an open seat. She’ll be a formidable...
A Look Back at the Amendments
This year, a record of six state constitutional amendments were approved by legislators to appear on North Carolina ballots, with voters approving four amendments and rejecting two in a partial victory for both parties. The three amendments with the most support were...
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