Opinion
Shooting should shock the conscience
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump presents Americans with a momentous choice. In this moment, we can step back from the precipice of disaster.
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Hillary Clinton says ‘right wing’ might steal 2024 election and other outrageous stories
Hillary Clinton warns ‘right-wing extremists’ could ‘steal’ 2024 election A whole lot of projection going on here. Maybe it’s another one of those “vast right wing conspiracies” Clinton loves to fall back on when something isn’t going her way. Are the elections fair and secure or not? Pelosi insists Democrats should ‘change that subject’ on...
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Signaling hate for America and other outrageous stories
Soft on crime woke prosecutors and entitlement culture are a toxic mix. Anybody surprised?
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Where the parties haven’t changed
The two major political parties’ traditional “brand attributes,” as a marketer might call them, appear to be deeply embedded in public perceptions.
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Democratic govs get failing grades
To the extent Democrats cede both right and center to Republicans when it comes to economics, they are making a long-term bet that the public wants vastly more government and vastly more taxes to pay for it.
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For America, it’s closer to morning than midnight
Clearly, 2018 was a Democratic year, as it should have been given a Republican was in the White House. The Democrats picked up 40 seats in the House and seven governorships. The Republicans’ veto-proof “super majorities” were broken in both chambers of the General Assembly. It wasn’t quite the “blue wave” Democrats were hoping for and,...
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It’s not about urban versus rural
If you talk a lot about “urban” issues such as the optimal location of light-rail lines or “rural” issues such as the plight of family farms, most of the population will tune you out.
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Few voters split their tickets
Reliably Republican voters disagree among themselves on a variety of issues, as do voters in the Democratic coalition.
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Why North Carolinians are upbeat
North Carolina is now spending hundreds of millions of dollars more a year than it used to building, expanding, resurfacing, and maintaining our highways — and the results are evident.
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State’s governors are relatively weak
If you base decisions about the constitutional separation of powers on your assumptions about who will win future elections, an unpleasant surprise may await you.
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Better leaders lead to better politics
Effective leadership means something other than winning elections or transacting legislative business. It means rebuilding public confidence and restoring a public discourse that elevates rather than demeans.
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Be realistic about bipartisanship
In a political climate more civil than the one we have now, in which Democrats and Republicans have more productive discussions, you will still be routinely disappointed with outcomes.
