by Thomas Mills | Sep 14, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
Donald Trump is having the best few weeks of his presidency. Given his demeanor, it probably won’t last but he’s getting good news and good press. As president, he’ll get credit for some economic news that should go to Obama, but he’s also going to get credit for...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 13, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
It takes a special kind of stupid to make Ann Coulter and Steve Bannon sympathetic characters, but that’s what protesters at the University of California at Berkeley are about to do. Coulter and Bannon are planning to join right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannapolous at...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 12, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
Watching the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress is like watching a bad sequel to North Carolina 2013. Back then, Republicans roared into Raleigh with full control of state government. They had voting rights, immigrants, gun control, LGBT rights, and...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 11, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Politics |
Republicans have been bad for North Carolina, especially its reputation. For decades, the state was seen as a bastion of moderation that attracted industry, housed a world-class public university system, balanced development and environmental responsibility, and...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 7, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Race |
Republicans are a party of white people. They have been for the past 50 years though they’re loath to admit it. What’s different now is that instead denying it, candidates are embracing it. Donald Trump owes his presidency to thinly veiled appeals to racists and white...
