by Thomas Mills | Aug 22, 2018 | Editor's Blog, History |
I must say, my first reaction when I saw Silent Sam lying with his face in the dirt was, “Well, he was made of better material than that statue in Durham.” Sam looked pretty much intact as he lay there. The Durham Confederate crumbled into a heap of scrap metal when...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 21, 2018 | Editor's Blog
Republican Congressman George Holding (NC-02) is clearly getting nervous. He sent out a fundraising email saying that he trails his Democratic opponent by three points. He’s not sharing his poll so it’s not clear how accurate that number is. Is it an initial...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 20, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics
GOP Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse leveled a threat at the North Carolina Supreme Court that would make authoritarians the world over proud. He said that that if the court ruled against the GOP in the question of ballot language in this year’s constitutional...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 17, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog
Our maps at PoliticsNC have been updated. (Thanks, Amanda.) It’s time to take a look at the lay of the land in legislative races as we approach the end of August and the beginning of the real campaign season in September. We’ll start with the House. Republicans...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 16, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, Education |
It’s election time and Republican legislators are again claiming they’re spending more money on public schools. In direct mail pieces and in social media posts, they’re bragging about their record on education. So once again, it’s time to ask, where’s the money? If...
