by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 20, 2022 | Politics |
Thomas Jefferson could not believe a Black person wrote the poem. A Boston poet, Phillis Wheatley, had composed a lyrical tribute to George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, creating a sensation in the Patriot ranks. She was an enslaved African...
by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 17, 2022 | Politics
The traditional arbiter of elite conservative opinion, the Wall Street Journal editorial page, is taking a lead mallet to the politics of Donald Trump. Most recently, former George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove plainly stated that a Republican Party loyal to Trump will...
by Paul Stam | Dec 13, 2022 | NC Politics, Politics
How did the GOP do in the November 2022 elections? Here is the big picture at the local, state, and the national level. Local level. Before the election Republicans controlled 61 County commissions. After the elections the GOP controls 67 County...
by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 6, 2022 | Politics |
Americans of the Baby Boom generation derived, from mid-century experience, a view of the U.S. Supreme Court as essentially pro-liberty. Boomers spent their formative years watching the Warren Court steadily expand the rights and freedoms of American citizens. They...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 29, 2022 | Politics |
Few tropes in North Carolina political discourse annoy me more than the claim that Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is “fascinating.” In a state that elected Jesse Helms to five terms in the U.S. Senate, a political career fueled by bigotry hardly...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 27, 2022 | Politics
A rising force in state politics, Carolina Forward held a forum the Thursday after our last midterm election that yielded provocative insights about the state of North Carolina’s political field. (Full disclosure: I am a Carolina Forward contributor.) The central...
