by Thomas Mills | Sep 11, 2020 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
Back when Donald Trump was running for president in 2106, I had conservative friends say to me, “I don’t like Donald Trump, but he’s really saying out loud what a lot of us are already thinking.” As I listened to his rhetoric and tried to tune out the bombast and...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 21, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
A National Journal article this weekend listed Senator Thom Tillis as the incumbent US Senator with the lowest approval rating. The piece says that Democrats’ path to taking back the Senate is becoming increasingly clear and that North Carolina will be front and...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 17, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Redistricting
Last night, the Senate approved new maps. Now, we have legislative districts that have been drawn by legislators and have bipartisan support. It’s been a long time coming, but don’t believe it’s the beginning of a trend. North Carolina still needs a better system for...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 21, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Race
First, if you don’t understand why the president’s tweets telling four brown-skinned Congresswomen to go back to where they came from and the chants of “Send her back” at the Trump rally are racist, you’re probably racist. If you don’t believe it, don’t worry, you’re...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 4, 2018 | Editor's Blog, History
Yesterday, the UNC Board of Trustees struggled to figure out what to do with Silent Sam, the monument honoring Confederate soldiers that was toppled earlier this year. Much of the board would prefer to move the statue off campus but state law prevents that. Instead,...
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