Tag Archives: Beth Macy

Kamikaze Democrats in Kudzuland

Posted on October 13, 2026 by Doug Cumming

This 2,236-word report I re-assembled out of sections cut from a longer piece that was published in Chuck Reece’s online magazine Salvation South. https://www.salvationsouth.com/uncontested-state-legislative-races-south/ Also, the jazz combo I’m in, Saylor’s Knot, will be performing at Waller’s Coffee Shop in … Continue reading →

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A Democratic Party “Contract for America”

Posted on January 14, 2026 by Doug Cumming

In May 1994, a conservative politics professor who would be my colleague at Washington and Lee University years later, Bill Connelly, was co-author of a new book on why Republicans were forever losing in Congress. It was titled, Congress’ Permanent Minority: … Continue reading →

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