by William Shaw | Aug 18, 2020 | Features, History, Politics, Trump |
On March 2, 1805, a little more than a year after he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, Vice-President Aaron Burr departed the capitol extolling the U.S. Senate in elegiac terms. He called it “a sanctuary; a citadel of law, of order, and of liberty; and it is here –...
by Kirk Kovach | Jul 25, 2019 | 2020 election, Trump
It’s been about a month since the infamous diversity episode with Lt. Gov, and gubernatorial aspirant, Dan Forest. If you’ve already forgotten, and given the pace of news these days it’s no small feat to remember last month, let alone last week,...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 3, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Trump |
The hog industry has always had a contentious existence in North Carolina. It moved to the state in the early 1990s when regulations in Midwestern states sent the growers looking for new territory. North Carolina was ripe for picking. The tobacco industry was dying...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 14, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Trump |
For eight years, Republicans told us that deficits and debt were too big a threat for more government spending. Even when the Recession was at its worst and businesses and people were losing money, the GOP balked at stimulus spending proposed by Obama and the...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 31, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Politics, Trump |
Reading Peder Zane’s defense of Donald Trump this morning in the N&O is disheartening. But after what the North Carolina legislature has done to our state, we should be used to it. Once conventional Republicans ignore unconventional and damaging behavior in...
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...
