by Kirk Kovach | Dec 27, 2017 | Features, Politics, The Kovach Corner |
Share For any political party, prospects for future elections always remain on the mind. Power in the present is nice, yes, and we love to have it, but that grip on the levers is often fleeting. Take, for instance, the Democrats. Spend five minutes on any conservative...
by Kirk Kovach | Dec 22, 2017 | Ethics, Features, The Kovach Corner |
Homophily, or the desire to surround ourselves with like-minded people, is a common social instinct – and one that finance warns against. Yes, it’s easier to be around like-minded types, but finance recommends the hard work of exposing yourself to differences,...
by Kirk Kovach | Dec 20, 2017 | Features, Politics, The Kovach Corner |
Not too long ago, the election in Virginia yielded massive Democratic pickups, from the governor’s mansion down to seats in their House of Delegates. Before that election, the chamber consisted of only thirty-four Democrats. Now, with the final recount complete,...
by Kirk Kovach | Dec 16, 2017 | Features, Politics, The Kovach Corner |
Although the GOP had been clinging onto its razor-thin margin in the Senate, on Tuesday, that margin slipped to one. Doug Jones, the unlikely Democratic victor in ruby-red Alabama, beat all the odds against an incredibly flawed opponent and carried the state by just...
by Kirk Kovach | Nov 29, 2017 | 2018 elections, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, Politics, The Kovach Corner
Share This post was originally published November 8, 2017 at Carolina Political Review. Landslide. Wave. Tsunami. All of those phrases colored various interpretations of what happened in Virginia yesterday, but all convey the same sense: Democrats are back, in a big...
