by William Shaw | Aug 4, 2020 | Politics
ShareThe dumpster fire was lit early when White House strategists ballyhooed Trump’s plan to “deconstruct the administrative state.” The plan propagated the dissolution of the tax system, business and environmental regulations, trade pacts, and immigration policies...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 29, 2020 | Politics
ShareIn the collective hagiography of conservative memory, 1984 is remembered as a high point. The Reagan landslide served as a resounding vindication of movement conservatism. It was the fulcrum point of a decade of right-of-center dominance. As in the nation, so in...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 28, 2020 | Politics
ShareFor a state that has long viewed itself as more tolerant than the Deep South, North Carolina has had a remarkably persistent relationship with America’s most notorious racial terror group. The Ku Klux Klan planted roots in the state early, committed some of...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 23, 2020 | Politics
ShareIf journalism is the first draft of history, surely we are far enough removed from the George W. Bush administration for New York Times reporter Peter Baker’s “Days of Fire” to be a chronicle of our national past. It has been a long time since...
by William Shaw | Jul 21, 2020 | Politics
ShareStone generals of any war are not only shrines, they are politicians who silently speak to the values of a people at a historical moment. But those moments are transient, like the politicians themselves. Times change; values change. Politicians and statues are...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 16, 2020 | Politics
ShareIn a path breaking act of penitence, the Asheville city council voted 7-0 to provide reparations to Black community members. The legacy of slavery is active in Asheville, as it is in the rest of the state. Given that Asheville produced some of the more racially...
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