by Thomas Mills | Nov 27, 2017 | Editor's Blog, History |
The Washington Post this weekend profiled the Chesterfield County, Virginia, as a possible warning sign to Republicans. The county voted for a Democrat for governor this year for the first time since 1961. Ralph Northam, the Democratic nominee and governor-elect,...
by Walt de Vries | Aug 16, 2017 | History, Politics |
In October, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur promised his troops that had been recalled into military service and sent to Korea–after the war started in June, 1950–that he would have us: “home by Christmas, 1950.” (I was on the way to a troop ship in San...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 8, 2017 | Editor's Blog, History |
It seems HBO and #NCPOL are diving into controversial Southern history and causing a lot of chatter on social media. HBO has contracted to produce a series based on the alternative history question “What if the South had won the Civil War?” North Carolina GOP...
by James Kotecki | Oct 25, 2016 | Features, History, North Carolina, Politics, The North Carolinian |
Donald Trump’s refusal to say whether he’ll concede if he loses has surfaced some pretty terrible possibilities for our country. Donald’s demagogic attempt to delegitimize democracy by claiming the election is rigged is sparking fears that a Trump loss could lead to...
by Walt de Vries | May 19, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, History, Politics, Presidential race |
Mitt Romney has got it right when it comes to his stand opposing Donald Trump’s candidacy for the GOP nomination and then later as his party’s nominee for the presidential campaign. Mitt’s father, Governor George Romney (R-Mich.), fought a similar uphill fight against...
by Walt de Vries | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, History, National Politics, Politics, Presidential race |
If you are 69 years of age or older, you should remember the Nixon/Humphrey/ Wallace presidential election of 1968. However, if you are even older—like me, 73 years or more—you may also recall the 1964 presidential election of Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater as...
