by Thomas Mills | Aug 17, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Race |
My great-grandfather, George Stephens, lived a remarkable life. He was born in 1873 near Summerfield in Guilford County into a family of excommunicated Quakers. His father died when he was very young and was raised by his mother. An outstanding athlete, he attended...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 16, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics, Race |
Some of the folks on the right are having a hard time distinguishing between the antifa protesters on the left and the white supremacists who marched on Charlottesville. Let me help you out. The ones with assault weapons, body armor and small arms are white...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 15, 2017 | Editor's Blog |
Well, those Confederate statues are apparently hollow. Who knew? Makes sense but for some reason I thought they were solid. That said, while I know a lot of people are applauding the toppling of the Confederate monument in Durham, that’s not the right way to get rid...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 14, 2017 | Politics |
In the wake of the violence in Charlottesville this weekend, conservative columnists, pundits and politicians have gone out of their way to say that the aims of the white supremacists are not the goals of the traditional conservative movement. In fact, they say, the...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 11, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Redistricting |
Republicans seem to want to antagonize the court that ruled the legislative districts drawn in 2011 are unconstitutional. Yesterday, they approved criteria to draw new districts that will almost certainly miff the judges. Republicans said that they would not consider...
