Make the establishment relevant again

Make the establishment relevant again

The Republican old guard in North Carolina has had enough of Madison Cawthorn. He’s been an embarrassment to a party that seemed beyond embarrassing. The leading members of the Republican Party are coming out against him and endorsing one of his numerous primary...
The dumbest tweet

The dumbest tweet

The dumbest take on Twitter this week, and maybe year, came from Senate President Pro-tem Phil Berger’s press shop. After Democratic Party Chair Bobbie Richardson sent out a fundraising letter calling for Democrats to “curb Lt. Governor Mark Robinson” and...
The dumbest tweet

Alarmism and hyperbole

This week, we started edging back into COVID panic again. Some places started masking up again. One friend said an organization with which he works is considering cancelling or delaying a retreat. I think it’s all alarmism, driven largely by bad headlines and spiking...
The GOP’s new best friend

The GOP’s new best friend

I’m so tired of the Critical Race Theory debate. I’ve been hearing a version of it all my life. It’s just more dog whistles designed to scare and  motivate the GOP’s White, predominantly rural base. In the past, Black men were going to take White women. Then, they...

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