Culture

October 20, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Wordjunky wonders in comments below if the Japanese might be willing to take back their Kudzu as part of any trade agreements with the South.

October 18, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal If you like talk radio but dive for a different channel button whenever you hear Rush or O'Reilly, and you live in Central Florida or have XM Radio, I highly recommend you check out Jim Phillips and the Philips Phile (FM 104.1 3:00 PM weekdays, or XM 152 4:00 PM weekdays).

October 17, 2005 - David Sirota has a thought-provoking new piece out today about progressives and electoral politics. It's a good read and covers a lot of ground -- check it out.

October 14, 2005 - If you live in central North Carolina, there are two Institute-connected events coming up that you might want to check out.

October 13, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Spike Lee is set to produce a documentary on Katrina for HBO called "When the Levee Broke." There's no word on what direction the documentary will take, but one can assume it will explore the racial dimensions of the catastrophe.

October 11, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal

October 5, 2005 - Have some ideas about how to turn our economy around and help working families? Can you say it in 175 words or less?

September 22, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal

September 15, 2005 - Mark Twain once said "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." As someone frequently known to ignore good advice, it looks like I'll be hanging out here for a while. Thanks to Chris and Facing South for the kind introduction and for the invitation to be a regular here.

September 15, 2005 - Two weeks ago, we were overwhelmed by your great response when we hauled R. Neal, the-blogger-formerly-known-as-South-Knox-Bubba, out of blogosphere retirement to cover Facing South for a week. In fact, it went so well, we're going to make it a mostly-regular gig.