Polls indicate Republicans are betting against the voters
Polls in North Carolina continue to look bleak for Republicans. Donald Trump is certainly a drag on the party, but the GOP needs to examine their priorities in relation to the voters. If they were as concerned about the fate of people being exposed to the coronavirus...
Preserving our history while retelling our story
After more than 100 years of telling ourselves a Big Lie, we are coming to terms with our history. The reaction by some is to tear down everything. The reaction by others is to preserve it all. The two sides appear irreconcilable. A meme conservatives are...
Monuments, reactions, and elections
The Confederate monuments surrounding the state Capitol came down this weekend. Protesters pulled two of them off a 70 foot tall monument on Friday night. Gov. Roy Cooper had two more removed on Saturday and the third statue of the big monument removed yesterday....
Recognizing a more honest history
Today is Juneteenth, the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in Texas. The day has long been one of celebration in the African American community. Yesterday, the National Archives announced they have found the original order, delivered by a Major F.W. Emery on...
White privilege and Black indignities
The News & Observer’s conservative columnist Peder Zane makes an argument that I’ve heard frequently since the unrest over George Floyd’s death. “It is no longer enough to be non-racist,” he writes. “Now we must be anti-racist – that is, we must devote...
Fake news leads to fake history
We’ve all heard the saying “History is written by the winners.” In the South, history was written by the losers and the winners let them get away with it. The story of the Civil War that white people told for the past one hundred twenty years or so is wrong. Today,...
The sheet is off
The sheet is off. Donald Trump has decided that he is only president of reactionary white Americans. As a national awakening begins reshaping the nation’s opinions on race, Trump is sending a clear message that he opposes any movement toward addressing the wrongs done...
Removing symbols of white supremacy will be the easy part
The country is continuing its remarkable shift toward acknowledging the racism that has plagued our nation. Confederate monuments and statues are falling daily. Despite opposition from the president, the military is ready to rename military bases that bear the names...
An audience of one
Political ad buys in recent weeks offer insight into the Trump White House and exposes Trump’s pathological dysfunction. They show a man with little self-control or self-awareness who is easily triggered, as the kids say. The whole episode is also hilarious. The...
A seminal moment in history
I believe we are living in an extraordinary moment right now. Fifty years after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the country is about to take another major step toward rectifying racial injustice, this time shifting attitudes as much as laws. A new generation...
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