by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 15, 2018 | Features, Politics
It is an irony of politics that the courts defend us against right-wing aggression, but only the aggressors care about the courts. Liberals have neglected the judiciary, ceding ground to those who would bend the law to regressive ends. This imbalance has given the...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 9, 2018 | Features, Politics |
The abuse of power is ultimately the abuse of people. Power without a subservient party is merely a gesture. And so the harnessing of power to ill will is an infliction of harm upon one’s fellow people. When one endowed with authority uses that strength to bad...
by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 12, 2017 | Features, Politics |
Liberalism has long had an ambivalent orientation toward work. The liberal sensibility recoils from judgment. This inclusive outlook cannot abide a division between industrious and idle citizens. As an alternative, liberals have preferred an ethic of social welfare....
by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 6, 2017 | Features, Politics |
I want to expand on a recent post by Rob Schofield. Schofield writes about the lamentable tenure of former DEQ Secretary Donald van der Vaart. He covers why van der Vaart was such a destructive force in North Carolina policy. But the former secretary’s story has...
by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 1, 2017 | Features, Politics |
It’s not just liberals who dislike the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Thirty-five percent of conservative Republicans think we should raise corporate taxes. Less than half favor a corporate tax cut. Self-described moderate Republicans oppose regressive tax...
