by Thomas Mills | Nov 19, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog
When history students look back at this pandemic, they will be shocked at the willful ignorance of and disinformation spread by conservatives. Despite almost 250,000 deaths, too many people do not believe the threat is real. They shun public measures to...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 18, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
I’ve been trying to distract myself from following the aftermath of the presidential election. Donald Trump lost and Joe Biden will be president on January 20. However, Trump and his supporters are going to make a lot of noise in between now and the inauguration. I...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 16, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
Donald Trump is refusing to concede. Instead, he’s raging, calling the election results rigged and fraudulent. Members of his administration refuse to admit he has lost. None of that’s too surprising. We knew his loss would lead to a temper tantrum full of lies and...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 13, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
Cal Cunningham very likely cost Democrats control of the U.S. Senate. He was running against an unpopular incumbent and led by a significant margin for most of the race. In poll after poll, he outperformed Joe Biden, but when the votes were tallied, the...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 12, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
Nobody knows how to manipulate the press or trigger progressives like Donald Trump. That’s what he’s doing right now. His efforts to cast doubt on the outcome of the election make great headlines. The fight he’s putting up validates his supporters predisposition to...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 11, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog, Politics |
They’re still counting ballots both nationally and in North Carolina but we can start to get a sense of what happened in the election. More data will certainly fill out the picture and will probably debunk some initial takes, perhaps even the ones I’m about write. A...
