Southern Politics
March 27, 2008 -
From the Associated Press:
March 25, 2008 -
A prominent corporate watchdog group has released its nominees for worst corporation of the year -- and the majority of those that made the list are based in or have ties to the South.
March 24, 2008 -
Last week the North Carolina House of Representatives convened for a special session during which they expelled Rep. Thomas Wright by a vote of 109-5. The expulsion of the eight-term African-American Democrat from Wilmington is the chamber's first since Rep.
March 21, 2008 -
Virginia lawmakers are giving prosecutors a powerful new tool to crack down on the brutal practice of dogfighting.
March 6, 2008 -
Yesterday, the city council of Columbia, S.C. voted unanimously to pass ordinances prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in housing and public accommodations. The South Carolina Progressive Network reports:
February 28, 2008 -
In case you have somehow missed it, earlier in the week the Tennessee Republican Party put out an official press release referring to Barack "Hussein" Obama's "anti-Semite" positions, featuring the Drudge photo of Obama in Somali traditional garb. From the Knoxville News Sentinel yesterday:
February 28, 2008 -
Conservative icon William F. Buckley was found dead today in his Connecticut study at the age of 82. The magazine he founded is in mourning, with tributes on the National Review's Web site from political heavyweights like Sen. John McCain, who deems Buckley a "Great American."
