by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 14, 2021 | Politics
ShareLooking back on today from the vantage point of the future, Americans may see January 6 not as a culmination but as a preview. The Biden administration came as a profound relief for millions of Americans and indeed the world, but forces at work deep in the bowels...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 11, 2021 | Politics
ShareIt is hard now to remember how promising Pat McCrory’s political career once appeared. The young mayor of Charlotte, McCrory entered statewide politics with freshness and verve, battling incumbent Lieutenant Governor Bev Perdue to a near tie in the 2008...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 11, 2021 | Economy, Editor's Blog
ShareWe’ve now got a solid ten years of Republican rule in North Carolina and we can do some comparing. The GOP likes to portray North Carolina as a struggling state that had difficulty attracting industry and good paying jobs because of its lousy business climate. In...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 9, 2021 | Politics
ShareMy mother’s family came to America as part of the migration of lower-class Britons into Pennsylvania, down through the Shenandoah Valley and finally to the back countries of Carolina and beyond. They came as indentured servants, and by the eve of the Civil...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 8, 2021 | Politics
ShareThe dramatic shift in North Carolina’s political dynamics that took place in 2018 has not been paralleled by a change in the Republican mindset. The GOP has grumpily decided to attempt continued one-party rule in the face of a governor who has popularity...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 7, 2021 | Politics
ShareDonald Trump sure does love to make news. Giving his first public speech since ignominiously exiting the national stage in January, the former president electrified North Carolina politics. He endorsed Ted Budd in the state’s Republican primary for U.S....
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