Tag: North Carolina

Campaign ’24: A job interview or ‘American Idol’ ?

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

As you review the array of names that has filed for office this year in North Carolina, ask yourself a simple question: How many of these people would I actually

Thom Tillis’s CAIR love affair

Posted on December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Thom Tillis has no credibility whatsoever on questions of foreign policy. No one in these parts asked him to go to DC and jump headfirst into that world. But damn

As our economy buckles and crumbles, Tillis and Budd ready to throw more $$$ at Ukraine mess

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We can’t seem to find money to finish the border wall or even secure the southern border. But Thom Tillis and Ted Budd are ready to join their colleagues from

What DEI hath wrought

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Brant Clifton

DEI. Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. All that sounds NIIIIIIIICE, eh? In Marxist dictatorships of yesteryear (and current day), a Communist Party membership card earned you all kinds of career or educational

Toss in a little Tillis, and there you have it — one HOT MESS.

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Some of the things the Raleigh drive-bys find stunning and surprising just crack me up. The Berger endorsement of Mark Robinson? Berger’s protégè – Jim Blaine – has occupying the

Campaign ’24: “You talkin’ to ME ???”

Posted on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Mark Robinson’s campaign staff has done yeoman’s work in keeping their guy below radar and away from cameras and microphones. Somehow, the big guy found an audience – and a

Campaign ’24: The Pee Wee – for – Timmy trade

Posted on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Word emerged this week that our littlest congressman would be calling it quits on the fun-and-games in Washington. (This came as quite a shock, I’m sure, to folks who read

Checking all the, um, “right” boxes: NC’s Campaign 2024 and identity politics

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I can just imagine some political strategist sitting out there now: “Okay. I’ve got BLACK, FEMALE, and AMBIDEXTROUS covered. Now, if you can give me all three of those PLUS

UNC’s affinity groups: Keeping America segregated and agitated

Posted on November 28, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The Marxists who currently control public education in this state and country have made it clear they have no use for MLK’s maxim about judging people by the content of

Study: Tax burden at highest since GOP took over in Raleigh

Posted on November 26, 2023November 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The Cato Institute is the standard-bearer for the American libertarian political movement. Libertarian interests intersect with those of conservatives in quite a few areas — mostly on the fiscal side.