Wooing rural voters

Wooing rural voters

I’m glad to see that the new Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party is going to put a renewed emphasis on reaching out to rural communities. I was born and raised in Anson County and began my career in politics working in Cleveland and Rutherford Counties in the...
The low stakes of state party chair

The low stakes of state party chair

Back in 2005, Democrats were coming off a difficult 2004 election cycle. John Kerry failed to unseat George W. Bush. In North Carolina, Erskine Bowles lost his second attempt at winning a U.S. Senate seat. The activist wing of the party was antsy, blaming a moribund...
Parents’ Bill of Wrongs

Parents’ Bill of Wrongs

Last night, Joe Biden gave a State of the Union speech for the ages. It wasn’t what he said that was so significant. It was what he got Republicans to say. In a back-and-forth like we’ve never seen, Biden goaded the GOP into pledging not to cut Social Security and...
Conservative safe spaces

Conservative safe spaces

I can’t start Monday without talking about the Chinese spy balloon. It provided a few days of comic relief, both watching Americans get outraged about it and the social media response to it. Half the country seemed to have taken it as an affront to our sovereignty and...