Thomas Mills

Clearly not ready to lead

by Thomas Mills | Mar 18, 2020 | 2020 election, coronavirus, Editor's Blog | 8 comments

Yesterday, Governor Cooper ordered all bars and restaurants closed to halt the spread of the coronavirus. While it’s economically and socially painful, it’s a necessary step if we want to save lives. Other states have taken similar measures. All of Italy is...

Flattening the curve

by Thomas Mills | Mar 17, 2020 | Editor's Blog

Governor Roy Cooper closed schools across the state on Saturday. It was the right thing to do. The coronavirus that is spreading rapidly across the country right now can’t be stopped but it might be slowed. They call it bending the curve or flattening the curve. If we...

Aggressively ignorant

by Thomas Mills | Mar 16, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog | 4 comments

I have what I call my Facebok focus group. It’s composed of people I know who live in Trump territory and their friends who comment on their posts. Many are relatives and people I grew up with in Anson County who now live across the state. I watch their posts to get a...

Coronavirus is for real

by Thomas Mills | Mar 13, 2020 | 2020 election, Editor's Blog | 1 comment

I can’t stop reading about coronavirus though I probably should. From a political stand point, it’s probably a disaster for the Trump administration. It will lead to a recession if we’re not already in one. By the time it’s over in a year and half or so, somewhere...

Democrats are putting the party before themselves

by Thomas Mills | Mar 12, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog, Politics | 1 comment

On Tuesday, Democrats avoided a runoff that could have caused divisions in an otherwise united party. State Senator Terry Van Duyn conceded the race for lieutenant governor to state Representative Yvonne Lewis Holley. After the vote on Super Tuesday, Holley led Van...