by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 19, 2022 | Politics |
A party that has struggled as consistently as North Carolina Democrats requires a new approach. For decades, the state party has hewed to the classic Southern-Democrat formula of tacking as far to the political right as possible while taking no risks and attempting to...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 12, 2022 | Politics |
The usual summer lull in political activity has turned out, this year, to be more of a spike. Democrats, having entered the humid season deep in a funk, now sense that because of a series of transformative events, their future political prospects may be far less dire...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 5, 2022 | Politics |
Wins in the various rankings of state business climates have caused partisan tug-of-wars in North Carolina. When the state scores highly under one party’s control, the ruling crowd trumpets vindication and the out-party waxes dismissive. But the truth is that...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 29, 2022 | Politics |
Challenging Donald Trump in a Republican primary may not be a fool’s errand after all. After years in which the Orange Autocrat’s command of the GOP was taken for granted as absolute, support for the man seems to be softening in key places as the country...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 22, 2022 | Politics
Donald Trump is in most ways a bigot, including, in private if reports are to be believed, toward gay and lesbian people. But one paradox of his political career has been that even at the same time he campaigned on racism and restricted transgender rights, he tended...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 15, 2022 | Politics |
America during the presidency of Joe Biden has been wracked with difficulties. There is no question about that, and I am not here to persuade skeptical readers to the contrary. And of course, the president receives blame for events that cause malaise among the mass...
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