by Thomas Mills | Dec 22, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
This may be my last blog of the year. I’m travelling this weekend to visit family and, usually, not much happens between Christmas and New Year’s Day. That doesn’t mean I won’t get a bee in my bonnet and have to put something down on paper, but I also might take the...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 20, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
Joe Manchin blew up Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda yesterday and he did it in the most insulting way possible. He went on Fox News and told the conservative base that the bill is dead. He left the White House scrambling and Democrats in Congress fuming. Even if...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 17, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
The conversations I’ve been having with Democrats lately are depressing. It’s not just that they are resigned to losing Congress in 2022, it’s that they are resigned to losing our democracy in 2024. They believe that Republicans are rigging the system through...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 16, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
Jeff Jackson is out. The state senator announced this morning that he’s dropping his bid for the Democratic nomination for the U. S. Senate seat being vacated by Richard Burr. In leaving the race, he announced his endorsement of former Chief Justice of the Supreme...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 15, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
Right now, I’m annoyed at two sets of people, the ones who don’t know how to drive and the ones who can’t discern information from bullshit. They share a trait in that neither has the common sense to make good decisions. One ends up holding up traffic and, at times,...