Historical amnesia

Historical amnesia

One of the American people’s greatest shortcomings is their goldfish memory for history. Intensely present-minded, they make the same mistakes time and again, believing always that they are blazing new trails. North Carolina Republicans are no different. On issues of...
The Art of politics

The Art of politics

A few months ago, I wrote a blog that said progressives should stop focusing on Art Pope and start focusing on rebuilding their party. Since then, I’ve started to write follow up blogs to clarify what I meant. Yesterday, an article called “How Art Pope killed clean...
Hurricane Pat

Hurricane Pat

To progressive eyes, the first few months of this session looked like a natural disaster. Catastrophe after catastrophe rolled down from the government, scary and utterly beyond our control. Dread and hopelessness seemed like the appropriate emotional response. Just...