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"To Secure These Rights" Chapter Two: The Historian
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (1713+ words) The Calder County Historical Museum stood on the west side of the courthouse square in a building that had outlived almost every purpose for which it had been constructed. The historical society had finally taken possession sometime in the late…...
Reject Republican lies and distortions
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (153+ words) This November we will hopefully still have the chance to choose whether or not America continues down the path of Trumpism. It isn't hard to see that the people Republicans care about are doing smashingly well, while the Americans they…...
John Hood: Wobbly claims abound in political debates
1+ week, 2+ day ago (322+ words) “You are entitled to your opinion,” the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said. “But you are not entitled to your own facts.” For 40 years now, I’ve been opining about politics and public policy while also trying to lean against…...
‘Democracy in Place’ makes the state a living classroom | UNC-Chapel Hill
1+ week, 3+ day ago (609+ words) Nearly 100 teachers attended summer retreats in Asheville and Wilmington as part of a Carolina K-12 initiative tied to America250. Teachers stand in front of a rock monument in a group, smiling at the camera. Cori Greer-Banks wanted teachers to experience the impact…...
Letter to the editor: Attack ad runs short on truth
2+ week, 4+ day ago (82+ words) Politics! Attack ads funded by millions of dollars include one against a woman running for office in this county. They repeatedly show a clip of her saying in an interview that she is a little to the left of her…...
I'm a Democrat. The Dem challenging Jim Jordan has to quit for sake of nation | Opinion - AOL
3+ week, 3+ day ago (440+ words) I live in the 4th Congressional District. And we have a three-way race between the incumbent Republican Jim Jordan Democrat Joshua Kolasinski and Tracey Tackett, an independent. As a Democrat, I am asking Kolasinski to drop out of this election. The…...
Ideas & Opinions — Rich Howell: Don't believe everything you think
3+ week, 4+ day ago (168+ words) One of my favorite T-shirts bears the admonition, "Don't believe everything you think." I take belief, like the Force, to have a light side and a dark side. As an elementary school teacher, one of my most important tasks was…...
Letter to the editor: The best thing we can do is to vote
3+ week, 5+ day ago (167+ words) The Independent Record Javascript is required to use this website. Of all the important issues that we face today, none are as important as protecting our democracy. Voter suppression efforts continue to be promoted, especially from the right. People are…...
Art After Aristocracy: Tocqueville on Democratic Culture
3+ week, 5+ day ago (381+ words) Democracy in America, Volume 2, Part I, Chapters 13-21 Aristocratic literature grows within a small world: writers and readers share an educated class, its conventions, and its standards of taste. Writing for connoisseurs who expect precision rewards patience and polish. Tocqueville is…...
The Provocative Reality Check
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1080+ words) In 1982, American political scientist Chalmers Johnson coined a term: the developmental state. He gave it four conditions. One: the government puts economic growth above everything else. If that means ignoring public opinion for a while, fine. Two: the state needs…...