by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 23, 2020 | Politics
ShareThe new state Senate majority of 2011, led by men of modestly successful careers, and in large part from rural areas, came into power with an edge of payback. As Bev Perdue exited office after one term, Senators Phil Berger of Rockingham County, Tom Apodaca of...
by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 12, 2019 | Politics
ShareGarland S. Tucker III, retired financier, think tank fellow, accomplished author and straight-backed Southern gentleman (except for the matter of Dick’s Last Resort), was an unlikely tribune of the people. According to the speculation of many, GOP...
by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 5, 2019 | Politics
ShareThe North Carolina Republican party spent its birth and adolescence as a progressive force. Initially based in the Appalachian mountains, where hardy yeomen voted on antipathy to the state’s secessionist elite, it gained a foothold in urban areas as the...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 25, 2019 | Politics
ShareRepublicans have spent eight years insisting that the plain truth about their education policies is a Democratic lie. A mind-bending cavalcade of twisted statistics pours forth to obfuscate the facts about a policy of harsh parsimony. As the 2019 legislative...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 21, 2019 | Politics
ShareJust over a decade ago, Rob Christensen set out to answer “how a state could be represented by John Edwards and Jesse Helms at the same time.” When his ensuing book was published, Edwards was a top-tier presidential contender, and Helms was basking in...
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