by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 21, 2021 | Politics |
The valley of humility is about to become an abyss. Over a century ago, a Charlotte newspaperman contrasted North Carolina with its more aristocratic neighbors to the north and South, calling Virginia and South Carolina mountains of conceit and saying that N.C....
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 19, 2021 | Politics |
When UNC announced its hire of Nikole Hannah-Jones, my first response was not excitement but “well, let’s hope for the best.” For anyone who had followed the antics of UNC’s political overseers since 2011 could tell that a smooth implementation...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 16, 2021 | Politics
For the first time in what felt like ages, state Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger said something entirely reasonable. “Children must learn about our state’s racial past and all its ugliness, including the cruelty of slavery to the 1898 Wilmington...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 14, 2021 | Politics
What did Donald Rumsfeld have in common with Randall Ramsey? Not much on the surface of things, one being a two-time Secretary of Defense and the other a provincial boat salesman who may need some introduction even to the well informed readers of this blog. But...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 13, 2021 | Politics
A new report from the research and advocacy group Carolina Forward shines a light on one of North Carolina’s greatest failures: the failure to support hourly workers. In clear, fast-paced prose supplemented by graphics and charts, Carolina Forward runs through...
