by Thomas Mills | Dec 10, 2020 | Editor's Blog |
Ever since the election, I’ve been building lawn chairs. Nothing fancy, just gluing and screwing together pieces of wood that I can cut with a circular saw and jigsaw. I knew within a day of the election that Joe Biden won and would be sworn-in on January 20. I also...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 9, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog |
Watching conservatives in North Carolina go ballistic over COVID-19 restrictions and mask mandates is depressing. Australia, a country of 25 million people, has eradicated the virus by taking it seriously. They locked down, masked up, and tested and traced until they...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 8, 2020 | Editor's Blog |
If the past twenty years of elections has shown us anything, the United States, as a whole, has become a center-left nation. Democrats have won the popular vote in every presidential election but one since 2000 and they won a large majority of Congressional votes in...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 7, 2020 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
Yesterday, conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat wrote a piece trying to explain why so many Republicans have bought into Trump’s conspiracy of a stolen election. In particular, Douthat is surprised by people who seem otherwise rational and who he would...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 4, 2020 | Editor's Blog |
I have worked on Congressional campaigns every election cycle since 1998. This year, I was part of the Pat Timmons-Goodson for Congress campaign, a race that ended up one of the top contests in the nation. Between my first Congressional race and this year, a lot has...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 2, 2020 | Editor's Blog |
Mark Walker is officially in the race for U.S. Senate in 2022. That’s no big surprise. When Walker’s Congressional district got redrawn to favor a Democrat, he took a pass on running for re-election. People speculated at the time that he would seek the Senate seat...
