James Whalen: NC Court of Appeals
Aired on Dec 14, 2025 • Gerrymandering, Fair Housing, Business Law American democracy is comprised of three branches Legislative (Congress), Executive (President), and Judicial (Courts) at the federal and state levels. The current political climate is proving how crucial it is to have experienced ...
David Delaney: A Life of Service & Leadership
Aired on May 19, 2025 •Group Goals, Land Planning, Housing Shortage In this time of extreme partisanship, it’s refreshing to hear from an elected official who doesn’t lead from his affiliation and seeks input through outreach and conversation. David Delaney is ...
Dr. James Wood: Books for These Times
Aired on Apr. 6, 2025 • New Authoritarianism, Technology, Trump History professor Dr. James Wood shares two titles that highlight how Latin America and the U.S. have slid from democratic rule. “How Democracies Die” (2018) and the follow-up “The Tyranny ...
Jim Crawford: 3/2025 News Round Up
Aired on Mar. 30, 2025 • Tariffs, Emergency Powers, Signalgate, Project 2025 During these tumultuous times, there’s a lot to take in and who better than a U.S. Historian to contextualize it all? In a new feature of On The Porch, Dr. Jim ...
Dueling Moral Imperatives
by Bill Crawford W e are at the pinnacle of a long-building culture war, which comes every few generations. Like the rather severe one leading up to 1860, the value sets on both sides are so far apart that they ...
The National Infrastructure Bank Could Modernize NC’s Infrastructure
by Alphecca Muttardy T here is a growing campaign in the United States to create a National Infrastructure Bank. This would permanently address the massive shortfall in infrastructure repairs and construction of new 21st century projects. A bill in Congress ...
Crucial Common Ground
by Carl Nordgren Can you imagine locating common ground as attractive to the left as it is to the right? Common ground valuable to rural, urban, and suburban folk; to those who have and those who don’t have yet; to ...
All Politics are Local
by Bill Crawford All politics is local, sayeth the late Speaker Tip O’Neill. In fact, this has been a reality for all of our history. There are issues that resonate locally during every election cycle, but occasionally they connect to ...
Why Elect Republicans?
by Terry Schmidt, Chair of the Chatham County Republican Party Thomas Jefferson, one of our Founding Fathers, wisely said “We do not have a government by the majority. We have a government by the majority who participate”. Chatham County historically ...
Why Elect Democrats?
Democrats see the glass as half full, with room for new opportunities and better lives for all. Republicans see that glass as half empty, with limitations and shortages — a view that allows only a few to prosper. Democrats believe ...