by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 23, 2021 | Politics
Just how rigid and intransigent an ideological disposition it requires to look at $6.5 billion and spend almost none of it is hard for a pragmatist to comprehend. But that is the judgment call that came down from North Carolina’s reigning political boss, Senator...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 18, 2021 | Politics |
The United States government had been tracking Osama bin Laden for years when he finally executed his longstanding mission of bringing fire to the skies of America. Former President Bill Clinton considered ordering a missile strike against what was suspected to be bin...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 17, 2021 | Politics |
Long devoid of immigrants and subject to political xenophobia, North Carolina has recently become an immigrant state. And a refugee state: in fiscal year 2016, the final year before Donald Trump clamped down on refugee admissions, North Carolina was among the top-ten...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 16, 2021 | Politics |
North Carolina was once known–and not affectionately–as the Rip van Winkle state. For most of the 19th century, the state lolled about in a mire of ignorance and stasis, its illiteracy rates high, its population large but stagnant and not on the move....
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 12, 2021 | Politics |
We’re going to be hearing a lot about the census. North Carolina legislators are gearing up for their latest exercise in gerrymandering the state, with redistricting committees set to meet and rumors flying about a 10-4 Congressional map in the works from a...
