by Terrance Heath | May 20, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Just when it seemed things couldn’t get any weirder, it turns out Donald Trump likely masqueraded as his own publicist, during phone calls with reporters — proving he probably belongs in a shrink’s office, instead of the Oval Office. It sounds like the kind of thing a...
by Terrance Heath | May 18, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Founding Father Thomas Jefferson is often credited with saying, “The government closest to the people serves them best.” Republicans in North Carolina — and elsewhere — think they know better. In Charlotte, North Carolina, “the government closest to the people”...
by Terrance Heath | May 13, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign says that selecting a well-known white nationalist as one of its delegates in California, was due to a “technical error.” But it was really Trump’s campaign showing its true colors, again. When California’s secretary of state...
by Terrance Heath | May 10, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
A week after Ted Cruz’s defended it in a failed attempt to boost his presidential bid, the battle over North Carolina’s anti-LGBT “bathroom bill” is exposing fissures in the conservative movement. Since North Carolina hastily passed HB 2, in reaction to the city of...
by Terrance Heath | May 6, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week saw the end of both Ted Cruz’s and John Kasich’s presidential campaigns, as well as the death of modern conservatism — killed off by a guy who bears more than a passing resemblance to an Oompa Loompa. Well, he did it. Whatever else can be said about Donald...
