Erik Ose

I met Jesse Helms in the closing days of the 1990 U.S. Senate campaign, at one of his rallies in a Smithfield high school gymnasium in Johnston County. I had spent the summer traveling the state to register voters against Helms as a co-founder of Musicians Organized for Voter Education (MOVE), and I had to […]

Two deaths, one America Last week it was hard not to notice a great American had died. There were front page newspaper stories, TV coverage, and the radio waves were filled with his voice. On Friday, every post office in the nation shut down in his honor. Well, at least we can dream the person […]

If you’ve been suffering from Donald Trump overload lately, you’re not alone. Maybe you caught him hosting Saturday Night Live, or heard about him trying to trademark the words, “You’re fired.” The Donald’s first star turn flamed out around the time the ’80s did, but since crony capitalism’s back in style, brought to us by […]