by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 24, 2020 | Politics
ShareIt is hard to imagine that one state could elect governors as different as Kerr Scott and Pat McCrory. The “Squire of Haw River” and “Mayor Pat” hailed from different political parties, different communities, and diametrically opposed...
by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 14, 2020 | Politics
ShareThe nine years since Republicans took over the North Carolina General Assembly have been a period of severe social regression. This era has been documented by sources as diverse as the NC Justice Center, newspaper editorial pages and this blog. Few have spoken...
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 4, 2020 | Politics
SharePolitical books during the Obama era were, in general, mildly interesting. Bob Woodward’s “Obama’s Wars” laid out in deliberate detail the process that led to the then-president’s surge in Afghanistan. Others provided character...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 6, 2020 | Politics
ShareIowa’s Democratic leadership disgraced itself and finally sealed the fate of their state’s first-in-the-nation privilege. If the DNC does not replace the Iowa caucuses with a more representative state like Michigan, it will be guilty of political...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 3, 2020 | Politics
ShareNorth Carolina’s governorship has not always been a venerated position. The first European settlers in the state were underclass “Lubbers” who resisted authority of all kinds, making early North Carolina a hive of lawlessness and piracy and...
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