by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 11, 2021 | Politics |
It is hard now to remember how promising Pat McCrory’s political career once appeared. The young mayor of Charlotte, McCrory entered statewide politics with freshness and verve, battling incumbent Lieutenant Governor Bev Perdue to a near tie in the 2008...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 9, 2021 | Politics |
My mother’s family came to America as part of the migration of lower-class Britons into Pennsylvania, down through the Shenandoah Valley and finally to the back countries of Carolina and beyond. They came as indentured servants, and by the eve of the Civil War...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 8, 2021 | Politics |
The dramatic shift in North Carolina’s political dynamics that took place in 2018 has not been paralleled by a change in the Republican mindset. The GOP has grumpily decided to attempt continued one-party rule in the face of a governor who has popularity and the...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 7, 2021 | Politics |
Donald Trump sure does love to make news. Giving his first public speech since ignominiously exiting the national stage in January, the former president electrified North Carolina politics. He endorsed Ted Budd in the state’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate,...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 3, 2021 | Politics |
I got barbecued for yesterday’s post about the 100-county campaign. That’s okay. Politics will always entail lively debate, and Sen. Jackson has an enthusiastic following on social media that I fully expected to come to his defense. No bloggers were harmed...
