by Thomas Mills | May 4, 2018 | Editor's Blog |
We’re in the final days before the primary elections end. We’ve got more contested Congressional, legislative and municipal primaries than at any time in recent memory, yet turnout is likely to be very low. No heated contest at the top of the ticket is driving anybody...
by Thomas Mills | May 3, 2018 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
Under the leadership and example of Donald Trump, the GOP has openly become a party of grifters, using positions of power and influence to benefit themselves and their cronies. The latest example is over at the UNC Board of Governors. The next chair has been trying to...
by Thomas Mills | May 2, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Polling |
There’s another poll that shows the Democratic advantage is holding in North Carolina. The Survey USA poll done for Spectrum News shows Democrats have an edge in the generic ballots for both Congress and legislature. It also shows that Trump is unpopular in the state...
by Thomas Mills | May 1, 2018 | Editor's Blog |
The Cave closed for the last time last night. I wasn’t there when they locked the doors and I haven’t spent much time there for the past decade or so, but it was a place that had a huge influence in my life. The people I met there and the scene they created are a...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 30, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
John Blust and Trey Gowdy almost make me want to reconsider my opposition to term limits. Unbound by the need to get re-elected, they’re speaking truth power and in both cases the power is their own party. We need voices of reason and less of the tribe. John Blust...
