by Thomas Mills | Mar 12, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog, Politics
ShareOn 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...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 5, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog, Politics
ShareThe Sandernista’s are apoplectic about Elizabeth Warren staying in the race. The way they see it, Warren is the chief obstacle to Bernie’s revolution and a united progressive front. If she drops out, they reason, Bernie will gain a head of steam that could take...
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 Thomas Mills | Feb 18, 2020 | Editor's Blog, Tax Reform
ShareSales taxes are regressive. They take a larger percentage of money from low income families than they do higher income families. That’s why liberals in North Carolina howled when the Republicans running the legislature reduced the income tax rate on the highest...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 10, 2020 | 2020 election, Editor's Blog, Politics
ShareIn the wake of the Bill Clinton impeachment, the perceived hypocrisy of the Republican Party led to the resignation of Speaker Newt Gingrich and his heir-apparent Bob Livingston because of their own extra-marital affairs. They had to settle on a pedophile. Back...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 7, 2020 | Editor's Blog, Politics
ShareRepublicans are meddling in North Carolina’s Democratic primary. A dark-money group is spending more than a million dollars to promote Erica Smith over Cal Cunningham, the favorite of the political establishment. The group believes Smith would be an easier...
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