by Thomas Mills | Mar 24, 2021 | Editor's Blog
ShareYesterday, Republicans in the legislature grilled State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell. They claimed they are trying to get to the root of irregularities in election administration and restore confidence in our elections. In fact, they are doing...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 23, 2021 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog
ShareA friend who has been traveling around Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee came into town this weekend for a visit. His first observation was, “Carrboro is the only place I’ve seen where people are wearing masks just walking down the street.” It’s true. The...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 22, 2021 | Editor's Blog, Politics
ShareMy attention to Twitter has been sporadic for the past several weeks and, man, has that been good. The less I’m on it, the less tolerance I have for its hot take mentality. Too many tweets are designed to outrage or incite. Too many people distort or lie with...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 19, 2021 | Editor's Blog
ShareEarlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made one of his threatening speeches about the dire consequences Democrats would face if they scrapped the filibuster. He listed a litany of conservative policies he would ram through the Senate the next...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 17, 2021 | Editor's Blog
ShareWhen I began working in politics, Republicans had a get-out-the-vote strategy in the rural South that focused on evangelical churches. It centered on opposition to abortion and relied on “voter education cards” to motivate the electorate. Occasionally, they...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 15, 2021 | Editor's Blog
ShareDemocrats passed the American Recovery Act without a single Republican vote. The party that spent the past four years giving tax cuts to the rich and running up unprecedented deficits is suddenly concerned about the debt and deficit again. It was predictable as...
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