by Elisabeth Almekinder | Jan 2, 2018 | 2018 elections, Features, NC Politics, US House |
From coastal NC, to Washington, D.C., out from the whirlwind political climate that rivals recent hurricanes comes women strong and fit to lead. In Eastern NC, Dr. Kyle Horton is one who could help make political history considering the recent nationwide “blue wave.”...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 17, 2017 | Editor's Blog, National Politics, Trump |
As the attacks on Robert Mueller and his investigation intensify, so has speculation that Donald Trump will fire Mueller. The White House is accusing the investigation of unlawfully obtaining the Trump team’s emails, which is ironic considering these same people...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 10, 2017 | Editor's Blog, National Politics |
As a kid, most Saturday afternoons, we watched professional wrestling with the likes of “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Chief Wahoo McDaniel, Rufus R. “Freight train” Jones, and our personal hometown favorite, Sy Ritter, “The Junkyard Dog.” On Sunday mornings before church,...
by Kirk Kovach | Oct 31, 2017 | Features, National Politics, Politics, The Kovach Corner |
Kirk Kovach is senior at UNC-Chapel Hill and is editor of the Carolina Political Review where this article was first published. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Thus is the plight of the Republican party. After...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 29, 2017 | Editor's Blog, National Politics, Politics |
Republicans are like a battered spouse who refuses to leave the relationship. Donald Trump has insulted, humiliated and bashed them, but Republicans are sticking by their man. They’re sure that either he will change or they will change him. He won’t but they’re too...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 2, 2017 | Editor's Blog, National Politics |
I was wrong. Right after Donald Trump won the presidency and the GOP successfully held onto both the House and Senate, I predicted that Republicans would move swiftly to enact a sharply conservative agenda similar to what happened in the first few months of Gov. Pat...