by Thomas Mills | Jul 9, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov, Politics |
When I was a kid growing up in a small North Carolina town, they taught us that Reconstruction was a time of hardship and deprivation. Carpetbaggers came down from up North to take advantage of the defeated Southerners through political corruption and generally...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 3, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov, US Senate, Women's Rights |
Last night, the North Carolina Senate finally kicked the hornet’s nest. Under cover of darkness, they attached draconian legislation to restrict women’s access to health care to–get this–the anti-Shariah Law bill. No shit. As one friend tweeted, “The NC...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 1, 2013 | Editor's Blog, National Politics, NC Politics, NCGA, US Senate
While the unemployed, uninsured and working poor are paying the heaviest price for the Republican take over of North Carolina state government, Thom Tillis may pay a steep price also. While he has, at times, tried to distance himself from the most draconian or stupid...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 28, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Moral Monday, National Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov |
This week I felt a shift. I’ve felt them before and then seen a return to the status quo. In the past, I thought the shift was toward either a more conservative or more progressive perspective by the American public. I felt it after Barack Obama’s victory in 2008 and...
by Matt Phillippi | Jun 25, 2013 | Features, Moral Monday, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP
Americans love mob movies, they’re right up there with hamburgers and football on our list of favorite things, and apparently Art Pope is no different. I make this assumption after seeing the recent spate of attacks by the Civitas Institute on everyone from the head...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 24, 2013 | NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov
PPP recently pointed out that Pat McCrory’s approval rating is trickling down month by month. Mainly, his numbers declined because Democrats defected, eroding his cross-over support. In the latest poll, McCrory’s approval among independents remains solid–for...
