by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 16, 2018 | Features, Politics
ShareOn April 13, Dan Forest delivered a speech to the intensely right-wing Civitas Institute. Civitas prosecutes politics like warfare. The group’s chest of wisdom bristles with such gems as “Calling for more minority teachers does little to address...
by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 12, 2018 | Features, Politics
ShareDuane Hall is dropping flyers and robocalls in his district. What they could say to allay the disgust of progressive voters, I do not know. I am not convinced he knows. But he clearly wants his political career to continue. This is narcissistic delusion. Hall was...
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 28, 2018 | Features, Politics
ShareBefore 2011, Republicans claimed great concern over educational failure. Flaccid schools sank in seas of bureaucratic mediocrity. Government, Democrats and the NCAE–especially the NCAE–bore the blame. Only conservative innovators could rescue our kids...
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 26, 2018 | Features, Politics
ShareNorth Carolina’s image is a figment of Republicans’ imagination transposed into the minds of millions. HB2, the ersatz proof of our supposed character, sprang from a backroom deal cut with fringe fanatics. The state did not ask for it, and it did not like it....
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 6, 2018 | Features, Politics
SharePat McCrory overrode the counsel of wiser heads to bring the NASCAR Hall of Fame to Charlotte. Then-mayor McCrory tended to get entranced by imagery. How could the city not benefit from a spectacle of spinning wheels and flashing simulators? The Triangle Business...
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