May 31, 2005 -
We're back from the Memorial Day weekend, luckily without any new cross burnings to report.
May 27, 2005 -
As we sign off the Memorial Day weekend, here's wishing you a good holiday. We also remember the 1,654 U.S. troops and 180 troops from other "coalition" countries killed in the Iraq tragedy, as well as the tens of thousands of Iraqi dead.
May 27, 2005 -
It's offical: David Wilkins, Speaker of the South Carolina House, has been confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Canada, a country with which the U.S.
May 27, 2005 -
A couple smaller points I didn't make in my last post about the Durham cross burnings, because that post was getting way too long:
May 27, 2005 -
I made a brief stop at vigil in downtown Durham, site of one of the three cross-burnings that scarred our city Wednesday night (couldn't stay long, the kids were really cranky). Somehow I missed Pam Spaulding, who was also there and gives a good run-down on the vigils here.
May 26, 2005 -
How the Texas legislature became the fine deliberative body it is today. From the Associated Press (via truthout):
May 26, 2005 -
Continuing with the theme of atavistic racist behavior: this goes back a few years, but Rex Chapman, one-time "Boy King of Kentucky," has recently been giving interviews about some