by William Shaw | Mar 5, 2021 | Politics
ShareBonfires and fireworks light the late autumn nights throughout England every November 5th as citizens celebrate Guy Fawkes Day. In many towns and villages, effigies of Guy Fawkes and the Pope are set ablaze in the bonfires, connecting the celebration to its...
by Rick Henderson | Mar 4, 2021 | Issues, National Politics, Politics, Voting Rights
ShareShutterstock image On Wednesday, the U.S. House passed H.R. 1, the “For the People Act,” a 791-page (gulp) parade of horribles left-leaning election activists have pushed for years. Plus, some reasonable changes in election law. It’ll head to the Senate, where it...
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 4, 2021 | Politics
ShareSometimes a book can become dated to the point that it is newly topical. David Brooks set out to capture the spirit of George Bush’s America in 2004. From that ambition was born his entertaining and often-brilliant second book, On Paradise Drive: How We...
by Rick Henderson | Feb 26, 2021 | Congressional Races, NCGA, Politics, Republicans
ShareBy RICK HENDERSON SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE Oversight and transparency are two areas the Wall Street Journal calls DBI (Dull But Important) They aren’t as compelling as power grid seizures in Texas or censures of retiring lawmakers, but they’re essential to effective...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 25, 2021 | Politics
ShareSenate Republicans are out to defeat more cabinet members than is customary for an incoming administration. Generally their objections have centered on accusations, specious and hypocritical, that Biden’s nominees exhibit too much partisanship–this...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 22, 2021 | Politics
ShareWith so many subdivisions and shopping malls sprouting up across North Carolina, it can be hard to appreciate just how old this state is. People first began inhabiting the future North Carolina 12,000 years ago. Europeans first made contact with the state nearly...
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