Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
It’s the oldest trick in the right-wing playbook: distract us by dividing us. Jim Blaine, a UNC-Chapel Hill trustee and Republican political operative, says the Republican-run legislature or the Republican-appointed Board of Governors will take action this year – an election year – against diversity programs in the University system. “It’s my belief that it…
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I’m as passionate about NC State basketball as I am about Democratic Party politics. So, I’m celebrating the men AND women making the Final Four. I also have a nagging fear about college basketball this year. It stems from the explosion of sports gambling, which came to North Carolina the same time as March Madness.…
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An American history textbook published in 2050 might call the first quarter of the 21st Century “Time of Trauma.” “Trauma” explains a lot about our politics today. It started with 9/11, a shocking attack on the homeland. Briefly, we rallied and came together. Then we embarked on two misguided, misbegotten and ill-fated overseas wars that…
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Hamas stormed into Israel, killed men, women, and children. Shocked Israelis thought, We’re no longer safe. We can’t live in the same world with Hamas. Hamas must be destroyed – invaded Gaza to crush Hamas. Biden said he was 100% behind Israel but, before Israel crushed Hamas, tap dancing, Biden told Israel, Stop. Make peace.…
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Plagues have been around since the time of the Pharaohs: What caused the plague that killed a million Americans? Bad luck? Nature, the result of germs morphing in bats in caves in Wuhan? A blunder by scientists in labs making biological weapons? The Good Book tells us in ancient times God allowed plagues to show…
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Democratic heads exploded over this story in The News & Observer last week: “The two candidates running to lead North Carolina’s public schools are accusing each other of promoting radical agendas that would devastate public education in the state.” Democrats call that “both-sidesism.” Some journalists call it “balanced reporting.” It’s the practice of giving equal…
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Reagan’s voice turned softer, the room fell silent, people leaning forward on the edge of their chairs to hear – remembering the ‘tap, tap, tapping’ of Neville Chamberlain’s umbrella on the cobblestones of Munich Reagan said détente was a mistake – like appeasement had been a mistake. Sitting in the White House Gerald Ford went…
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Hectoring Biden, angry, Republican Congressmen roared, Lies – wearing a bright red MAGA cap and a tee-shirt Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene waved both arms above her head. Combative, not Sleepy Joe that night, Biden punched back, punched again, said, ‘I know I may not look like it, but I’ve been around a while’ – then…
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Trump’s facing a stack of indictments, just had to post a $90 million bond, says since he was President he has complete and total immunity. To get herself elected, New York’s Attorney General told voters she’d nail Trump – she did, nailed him with another half a billion-dollar fine. The Georgia DA who indicted Trump…
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