Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
This is politics: Two clans – Showman and Washington Politicians. One struts, lies. The other connives. Hot headed followers kowtow to Trump. Washington Politicians cut deals. Meantime, there’s inflation, tottering banks, and China’s joined arms with Russia. If you ask people, in a poll, Is politics broken? almost everyone nods, Yes. A rare case of…
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Another messy week: Democrat prosecutors tormenting Trump and, in retaliation, Republicans in Congress dragging Hunter Biden out of the closet. Trump went on a tear on Truth Social, threatening ‘death and destruction’ if Manhattan’s District Attorney indicts him – but, oddly, it looks like Democrats by prosecuting Trump may be helping him. Ron DeSantis led…
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Republicans made a deal with the devil 60 years ago, and the devil has come to collect. In 1964, Barry Goldwater turned the party of Lincoln into the party that opposed civil rights. In 1968, Richard Nixon followed Strom Thurmond’s Southern Strategy to the White House. In 1972, Nixon helped elect North Carolina’s Jesse Helms…
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Lt. Governor Mark Robinson’s “response” to Governor Roy Cooper’s State of the State – it actually was pre-taped – was choreographed to make him seem reasonable and responsible. Then he spoke at Trinity Baptist Church in Mooresville one recent Sunday. He unleashed, again, on LGBTQ people – and on pastors who welcome them: “Makes me…
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It’s like watching horned demons – or two clans – having a spat: Showmen fighting Politicians. The Master Showman, Trump, has a hot bed of followers. The Master Washington Politician, Biden, makes deals with Schumer, McConnell, McCarthy. Meantime, we’ve got inflation, tottering banks, China and Russia allied against us. Showmen strut, rant. Politicians connive. Neither…
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Dale Folwell threw his hat in the ring and his head in Mark Robinson’s buzzsaw. Folwell is state treasurer, so he should know math. The math doesn’t look good for him. A December poll showed Robinson beating Folwell 60-6 in a Republican primary for governor. When he announced his candidacy this weekend, Folwell said, “They’re…
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Yesterday I blogged about Republican legislators who don’t want North Carolina schools to teach “concepts” that cause students to “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress.” I asked whether teaching the history of slavery and racism might cause “discomfort.” Several readers responded. One wrote, “How about physics and calculus? I recall…
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Republicans in the North Carolina House rammed through a bill saying schools shouldn’t teach any “concepts” that cause students to “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress.” Will some students feel “discomfort” when they learn that White Southerners introduced slavery to America, started a Civil War to protect slavery, denied Black…
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Pu·sil·lan·i·mous, “pyoo-suh-la-nuh-muhs” (adjective): Showing a lack of courage or determination; timid. The United States today is confronting two brutal dictators: Putin in Russia and Xi in China. We face a nuclear threat from North Korea. The Middle East is volatile. This is no time for a President who is timid and lacks courage or determination.…
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The tumult and the shouting dies; The Captains and the Kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient…
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Bert Bennett of Winston-Salem, the legendary political godfather to Terry Sanford and Jim Hunt, had a…
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This is bad. Bad for America and for the world. Bad for women, for immigrants, for…
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