Reward yourself
I got my stimulus check yesterday and, like a good patriotic American, I bought a television. I clearly was not alone. The TV that I had seen on sale was sold out. In fact, almost every television in the “entry level,” as the salesperson described them, was sold out....
NC’s racist poster boy
You'd think it difficult to supersede Madison Cawthorn as the greatest disgrace to North Carolina currently serving without honor in our delegation to the U.S. Congress, but Greg Murphy has got the young man beat. Joining in a twitter mob against Rep. Ilhan Omar, the...
Grifters gonna grift
Well, it turns out the Trump campaign bilked their own supporters out of millions of dollars. Using the GOP’s new small-dollar donor tool, WinRed, the campaign made all contributions default to monthly unless the giver checked a box to prevent the recurring donation....
The luckiest politician
Thom Tillis is the luckiest person in politics. A man with limited political skill and even less political conviction, he’s risen to the top echelon of American politics. He’s one of just 100 U.S. Senators and yet his favorability in the state he serves has rarely...
North Carolina’s History of Resilience
Southern history resembles chaotic weather on a dark winter day. Hail and sleet pelt the landscape, long stretches of time pass with no break in the clouds to reveal the shining sun, and, every so often, our solar system's reigning star emerges in a moment of...
A state of being
This past weekend, we left our bubble of Carrboro to celebrate my son becoming a teenager. He wanted to go to the mountains to an area where “we don’t see many cars.” I had just the spot—a secluded cabin owned by a childhood friend in Transylvania County. It was a...
Is it time to examine monuments, statues, statutes and naming honors?
Paul “Skip” Stam is a former Republican legislator who was the Majority Leader in the the North Carolina House of Representatives. In considering controversial issues of the day, it is helpful to consider analogous issues from times long past. Consider:...
The case for Democratic optimism
For years, North Carolina Democrats have predicted an imminent blue shift in the state. Demographics were supposed to be the driving force of the state's trend into the Democratic column. First the model was Virginia; more recently, Democrats have taken Georgia as an...
How the NC Republicans could help out state’s NFL team
You have to hand it to the Republican Party.Although the Republicans have only won the popular vote for the Presidency once in the last 28years…And although they are currently the minority in the House, the Senate, and have lost thePresidency…And although, they have...
Southern conservatives’ hostility to democracy rears its head again
North Carolina can thank the state of Georgia for lifting a bit of shame off Tar Heels' backs. Peach-state legislators have surpassed their N.C. brethren as the most vicious opponents of modern-day democracy in the union that both states rebelled against in what these...
Ready to deal
What a difference a pandemic makes. Governor Roy Cooper dropped his budget this week and, while Republicans disagreed with much of it, nobody used terms like “DOA” to describe it like they have in the past. Both sides struck a conciliatory tone, sounding confident...
Continuing the Big Lie
Yesterday, Republicans in the legislature grilled State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell. They claimed they are trying to get to the root of irregularities in election administration and restore confidence in our elections. In fact, they are doing all...
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