by Thomas Mills | Oct 16, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics
ShareNebraska Senator Ben Sasse has written a book that attempts to understand this political division that leads to the extremists on both sides who have so little tolerance for disagreement or compromise. He says the country is facing a crisis of loneliness. If...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 15, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog
ShareConservatives have adopted a victim mentality that insists they’re targets of a biased press and threatened by violent leftists. They cite everything from coverage of Kavanaugh to protesters at universities to prove their point. Of course most of what they whine...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 12, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Politics
ShareIn North Carolina, Michael just changed the conversation from Kavanaugh to hurricanes. Between Florence in the east and Michael in the Piedmont, I suspect a majority of North Carolinians have now been impacted directly by a hurricane in the past month. The...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 11, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog
ShareThe Kavanaugh fight exposed the bitter division in the country and better defined the GOP, both for those who traditionally have supported the party and those who oppose it. In polls across the country, Republicans are coming home. They’re solidifying their...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 10, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog
ShareThe first of our legislative ratings, the state senate, came out this week. The Congressional ratings came out last month. The state house ratings will be out soon. The ratings are primarily the work of Darren Janz, a very talented young researcher and political...
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