by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 15, 2021 | Politics |
The New York Times ran a largely speculative piece this morning that explored whether Lara Trump, political novice and daughter-in-law of disgraced, defeated former President Donald J. Trump, will descend upon North Carolina for a Senate campaign. The dilettante has...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 12, 2021 | Politics |
The Victorian era is remembered, with justification, as a time of stringent patriarchy. Men went to work in the growing industrial world while women were kept, strictly and under the dominion of their husbands, in the “second sphere” of family and...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 10, 2021 | Politics
When Governor Bev Perdue took office after winning election by about three points, observers widely considered her to have a “weak mandate.” Never mind that she had outperformed Barack Obama, the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry North...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 8, 2021 | Politics
Two decades into the twenty-first century, the twentieth has begun to fade into memory. North Carolina politics has undergone two sea changes, one moving the state into the purple category and another, a mere two years later, dragging it far to the right. But for...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 4, 2021 | Politics |
In real estate, a buyer who offers one third of the seller’s asking price is likely to get the door slammed in his face. President Joe Biden has not rejected Senate Republicans’ COVID-19 relief proposal with quite so dramatic a flourish, but he...
