by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 25, 2021 | Politics |
In moments of idealistic whimsy, conservatives often pay homage to the notion of American Exceptionalism. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee thundered that his state’s students will be taught “unapologetic American Exceptionalism.” That he felt it necessary...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 21, 2021 | Politics |
The rural-urban divergence in North Carolina has become so acute that it turned one of the most right-wing politicians in the state into one of the most left-wing. Six years ago, promoting a scheme to redistribute sales tax money from urban counties to rural ones,...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 20, 2021 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
When I first started working in politics in the mid-1990s, Hal Malchow was one of Democrats’ top political strategists. He was a direct mail guru who built a highly successful firm and wrote the first book on microtargeting before computers revolutionized the...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 18, 2021 | Politics |
In his latest financial disclosure report, Pat McCrory gave North Carolinians yet another reason to view him warily. Acknowledging millions of dollars in assets, McCrory disclosed that he owns hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock from numerous companies. Some of...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 14, 2021 | Politics |
Americans once again find their national well being captive to the depredations of the United States Senate. Alas, this is hardly the first time. Throughout its history the Senate has functioned as a barrier against needed social reform, and a bastion of reaction in a...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 13, 2021 | Politics |
In 2008, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee attempted to recruit a governor, an attorney general, and four congressmen to run against Elizabeth Dole. When they came up short, most observers understood it as a recruiting failure. What is more striking in the...
