by Thomas Mills | Sep 6, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Polling |
A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll looks at how and why the country is so divided. The findings clearly reflect the reality here in North Carolina. The fault lines fall mainly between rural and urban dwellers and educated and less-educated citizens. Globalization...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 5, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics
The country is most likely going through a major political alignment that will reshape American politics for another generation or so. We’ve been here many times before. Almost 40 years ago, Reagan’s conservative revolution ended the New Deal and Great Society era...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 1, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
For the first time in history, the percentage of Americans lacking health insurance dropped below 9% thanks to Obamacare. Twenty million more people have insurance than did before the Affordable Care Act. The program is more popular than ever and far more popular than...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 30, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Redistricting |
The redistricting debate in North Carolina brings into stark focus the rural-urban divide in the state. In his defense of legislative districts that give Republicans a veto proof majority in the state, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger argues that Democrats have...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 29, 2017 | Editor's Blog, National Politics, Politics |
Republicans are like a battered spouse who refuses to leave the relationship. Donald Trump has insulted, humiliated and bashed them, but Republicans are sticking by their man. They’re sure that either he will change or they will change him. He won’t but they’re too...
