Biden said out loud what a lot of Americans are thinking
Yesterday, Joe Biden nailed it. He stood before the American people and talked to them like adults about a very difficult situation. He explained what he is doing in Afghanistan and why. He took responsibility for what’s happening while admitting that the scenes we’re...
In the end, America will just look away
The fall of Afghanistan has been ugly and surprisingly quick, but hardly surprising. For years, I’ve assumed what we are seeing now would come to pass at some point. Americans are tired of being in a country that seems to have no resolution to its civil war. I...
A common sense approach to living with COVID
I’ve spent way too much time the past week or two reading about COVID and looking at cases, hospitalizations, and deaths and this is where I come down. I don’t believe we can protect the unvaccinated and I don’t believe it’s our job to do so, so I’m against universal...
A significant achievement
Let’s start with the credit where credit is due department. North Carolina Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis both voted for the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that will provide resources for upgrades and repairs that are desperately needed. It’s the first large...
An ounce of prevention…
Apparently, conservatives have never much understood the old saying “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Florida Governor Ron DiSantis brazenly berated any attempts to reduce the spread of the virus and now faces a crisis. Down in Texas, Governor Greg...
State of sin
Throughout most of the history of the state, evangelical Christians held sway over the moral direction of the state. Until very recently, alcohol sales were strictly forbidden until after 1pm on Sunday. They kept gambling at bay. North Carolina was one of the last to...
Idiots, opportunists, and cowards
Yesterday was quite a show for the GOP. From local government to international politics, we could see where the conservative movement is heading and it’s both hilarious and scary. Anti-democratic agitators “overthrew” the elected school board in Asheville. The...
Hispanics did it
When I was a kid, I had an imaginary friend named Mo-mo. Every time I did something wrong, like drawing on furniture, I told my parents that Mo-mo did it. That Mo-mo was a bad actor and I was just a victim of his poor choices. It seems the conservative White people...
The pandemic shows that, sometimes, elections are a matter of life or death
First, I want to give credit to Roy Cooper and Mandy Cohen for managing the pandemic in North Carolina. Our state has done far better controlling the spread of the virus than our neighbors, particularly those to the South. The administration has made tough decisions...
Sinking into Trumpism
The Carolina Journal yesterday published a cartoon slamming Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the two Republicans on the Congressional Commission to investigate January 6. The artist portrays Kinzinger and Cheney as ventriloquist dolls sitting on Nancy Pelosi’s...
