by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 30, 2023 | Politics |
Speculation is swirling in state-politics circles about the future of Mike Morgan. Morgan, a justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court, has announced his retirement from the post he currently holds and has proffered some indications that he plans to seek another...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 30, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
On Monday, my community saw the results of Republicans’ dystopian view of the world. Around 1pm, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued an alert, telling all students to shelter in place. An armed and dangerous man was on campus. Within minutes, the...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 29, 2023 | Politics |
It was raining on the afternoon of the shooting. The Devil was beating his wife, as we say in the South. In Carrboro near UNC campus, everyone in our lively and upbeat community had a traumatized look on their face. At Armadillo Grill, a family sat munching their...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 28, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
I was not going to respond to the most recent manufactured outrage over a song. I already did that earlier this summer. However, after watching the singer’s response to the controversy, I want to weigh in. Two weeks ago, Oliver Anthony was an obscure...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 25, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
We had another busy week in politics–except in the North Carolina legislature. The GOP leadership here still has not delivered the budget they promised to have completed by July. The delay is holding up Medicaid for tens of thousands of working North Carolinians...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 25, 2023 | Politics |
Like a butterfly breaking free from a cocoon, America has often been reborn as something new. These renewals took place in the colonial era, in the Antebellum awakenings and reforms, the Civil War, and the Civil Rights era. America’s plasticity is its great...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 23, 2023 | Politics |
The United States of America is transforming into 25 Californias and 25 Floridas. In the context of this dichotomy, reactionary purism is the more potent force. Red-state America has, over the past five years, transmogrified from a conservative outpost of the Western...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 21, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
The recent polling on Donald Trump reveals a lot about the GOP primary electorate. In Iowa, a NBC/Des Moines Register poll shows Trump holds a 23 point lead over Ron DeSantis, the only other candidate in double digits. A CBS poll shows him is a 36 point lead...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 18, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
A lot’s happened this week. On a personal level, dropping my daughter off at UNC-Asheville was the biggest deal. I always enjoy spending time in the mountains and the campus is great, even if the architecture leaves a bit to be desired. I’m not sure why architects in...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 17, 2023 | Politics |
The history of economic development is littered with gimmicks. Then-Mayor Pat McCrory breathlessly plumped for the NASCAR Hall of Fame when it rolled into Charlotte, bring with it little but a hefty cost for the subsidizing city. Stadiums have been built across...
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