by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 14, 2023 | Politics |
As women have made strides towards equality with men, numerous elections have been dubbed “the year of the woman.” Or perhaps they should have been called “the year of 55% of the women,” because the triumphant female candidates have invariably...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 10, 2023 | Politics |
Back in 2005, Democrats were coming off a difficult 2004 election cycle. John Kerry failed to unseat George W. Bush. In North Carolina, Erskine Bowles lost his second attempt at winning a U.S. Senate seat. The activist wing of the party was antsy, blaming a moribund...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 10, 2023 | Politics |
UNC scholars’ finding that North Carolina had ceased to be a democracy was met from conservatives by a mixture of incredulity and simple guffaws. Even some moderate commentators wondered how the study’s authors could seriously contend that an American...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 30, 2023 | Politics |
The fist Confederate statues were monuments to victory in a war of Southern aggression. Defeated at Appomattox, Southern whites regrouped by organizing terrorist militias and ransacking the region’s newly biracial local and state governments. As the North soured...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 27, 2023 | Politics |
There may not be a caning of a fellow congressman in the current session of the United States House of Representatives, but even in the absence of a physical altercation we may face the most unruly House with which America has been saddled since the eve of the Civil...
by Ran Coble | Jan 19, 2023 | Politics |
Good for Democrats: 1. The Democrats kept the US Senate majority, with big wins in Arizona, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Nevada, Colorado, and Georgia. This also means President Joe Biden can get appellate court and US Supreme Court nominations through for...
