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Friday, December 31, 2021

The Family That Did So Much to Destroy Appalachia

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  I just finished the first of my Christmas books, "Empire of Pain" by Patrick Radden Keefe, and I'm a little agitated by the ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Don't Look Up

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  What a movie for Christmas Eve! Season of hope and renewal, coinciding (more or less) with the Winter Solstice, when the sun decides to re...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Update on NC Insurrectionists Charged for Jan. 6th Assault on Capitol

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  Almost a year ago a large crowd of stirred-up Trumpists stormed the U.S. Capitol. That assault caused at least $1.5 million in building da...
Thursday, December 23, 2021

Doomscrolling (Revisited)

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  I posted this a year ago on Xmas Eve. I rediscover it now as still applicable, if not more so (and I'm in no mood to capitalize on poo...
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Monday, December 20, 2021

You Can't Win Races Without Candidates

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  Before the courts stepped in, candidate filing for 2022 in North Carolina went on for two-and-one-half days, beginning at noon on Monday, ...
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Sunday, December 19, 2021

If You Dine With the Devil, Better Use a Long Spoon

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Roe on the left, with Youngkin Jeff Roe is a Republican political consultant who guided Glenn Youngkin's recent successful campaign to b...
Friday, December 17, 2021

Modeling Masculinity

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  “A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.” Reading about what motivated state Senator Jeff Jackson to bow out of the...
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Thursday, December 16, 2021

Jeff Jackson Is Getting Out of the Senate Race

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  Jeff Jackson, who's been running hard (and we thought, effectively) for the US Senate seat, is reportedly bowing out and endorsing Che...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021

What the Republicans Have To Choose From in NCH109

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  The Incumbent Republican One Donnie Loftis got appointed to the Gaston County seat (Dist. 109) in the last week of October to replace Rep....
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