Donald Trump and his administration have done a grave disservice to America’s military. By politicizing the military, sending service members into wars of questionable legality, attempting to …
I’m a Gen Xer. We were brought up on Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers, in a world that taught us that no matter what our differences, we had a basic responsibility to be decent and civil and fair to …
At "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918, guns officially fell silent across Europe and World War I came to a military end (the political finish came in 1919 with the …
When midterm avalanches crush incumbent parties, it isn’t useful to assign the blame to a single rock. When Democrats got flattened in the 1994 and 2010 cycles, their fate was sealed not only …
In addition to observing Nov. 11 as Veterans Day, it's equally fitting to recognize that November is also Military Family Appreciation Month, a time to honor the support, strength and service that …
A revolution can topple a tyrant without dismantling tyranny. An election can replace a president without curbing the powers of the presidency. A new political majority can inherit the …
We wrote repeatedly that the 2025 mid-term election was unusually quiet. We now know why. North Carolinians were seething mad at the way things were going and the avalanche of early vote demonstrated …
As I write this, the midterm elections of 2026 aren‘t over. I don’t know whether, among other unsettled questions, the Republicans will retain control of both chambers of the North Carolina …
It's all over the Internet, of course. People are worried and wondering what's up (including my sister-in-law, who called my special attention to it). From a random look at stories about it, here's …
Crime. For decades, it’s long been a tried-and-true election tactic of the American political right to campaign under the “get tough on crime” banner. The model was cynically perfected …
What has been called “the affordability crisis” continues in the nation. Most analysts set the beginning of the current affordability crisis as 2021, just after COVID-19. Various factors have …
Early voting has started, but North Carolina voters are hearing very little about three constitutional amendments tucked away at the end of the ballot. While the amendments are worded in a seemingly …
How do you win an election? To the degree that elections are a lot like — some of us anarchists would say an actual form of — war, it's worth consulting military figures on the subject. Few …
Am I a compulsive technophile who gleefully adopts every new invention or device that hits the market? You be the judge: Not so many years ago, my long-suffering wife insisted that I get rid of my …
The association of modern American Republicans with the color red and Democrats with the color blue has always left me a tad perplexed and amused. For those of us old enough to remember significant …
Over the past decade and a half, North Carolina’s policy environment has become increasingly favorable to growth, development, and progress. State lawmakers have improved how government taxes, …
The spectacle of public executions. Deadly military strikes on foreign countries. Innocent civilian lives lost to war. Aggressive ICE raids. Government officials accused of using their powers to …
Two recent Change Research polls affirm what seasoned political consultants and observers know: at this point in an election cycle, the election cake is already baked. The large percentage of those …
A benefit of being old, which I am, is I’ve lived through many events that have repeated. As a result, senior citizens like me have a longer perspective than younger people. Consequently, sometimes …
One of the most important distinguishing characteristics of a free society is what former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis described simply and eloquently nearly a century ago as “the right to …