by Thomas Mills | Jan 2, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics |
Happy New Year. I’m not going to make any predictions for 2018. After the election of Donald Trump, I no longer trust my predictive abilities. Instead, I’ll try to point out some things that will be happening over the next 12 months. First, at the national level,...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 29, 2017 | Editor's Blog
As a country, we won’t quickly forget 2017. It brought us President Donald Trump, a carnival barker and grifter who lies habitually and seeks approval from dictators. It brought the rise of a renewed women’s movement that brought down some of the country’s most...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 27, 2017 | Editor's Blog
Below are links to what I believe were the best of my blog posts from 2017. They’re not in any particular order. They’re just posts I wrote that I think held up well or that I enjoyed writing. I’d be interested in your thoughts. Continental Divide...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 26, 2017 | Editor's Blog
We’ve not had a year like 2017 in a long time. Donald Trump has done what he promised—upended the political system. Governing by tweets with little regard for the truth, Trump is constantly on the attack against enemies real and imagined. His base loves it, his...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 22, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
The most interesting feud playing out in conservative politics right now is not the anti-Trump conservatives verses the pro-Trump forces; it’s the split that’s forming among the Never Trump Republicans. The fissure broke open last week between center-right journalists...