by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 12, 2018 | Features, Politics |
Duane Hall is dropping flyers and robocalls in his district. What they could say to allay the disgust of progressive voters, I do not know. I am not convinced he knows. But he clearly wants his political career to continue. This is narcissistic delusion. Hall was...
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 28, 2018 | Features, Politics |
Before 2011, Republicans claimed great concern over educational failure. Flaccid schools sank in seas of bureaucratic mediocrity. Government, Democrats and the NCAE–especially the NCAE–bore the blame. Only conservative innovators could rescue our kids from...
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 26, 2018 | Features, Politics |
North Carolina’s image is a figment of Republicans’ imagination transposed into the minds of millions. HB2, the ersatz proof of our supposed character, sprang from a backroom deal cut with fringe fanatics. The state did not ask for it, and it did not like it. Citizens...
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 6, 2018 | Features, Politics
Pat McCrory overrode the counsel of wiser heads to bring the NASCAR Hall of Fame to Charlotte. Then-mayor McCrory tended to get entranced by imagery. How could the city not benefit from a spectacle of spinning wheels and flashing simulators? The Triangle Business...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 27, 2018 | Features, Politics |
It’s been five years since Phil Berger rewrote our tax code, and Democrats still lack a comprehensive tax reform plan. Little has materialized except suggestions that we avoid further tax cuts. Governor Cooper’s budget accepted the new starve-the-beast...
