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November 5, 2005 - For those of you kind souls who have been trying to make an online contribution or order materials from our website, we've figured out the glitch that was causing it to "time out." We're getting it fixed now -- we'll let you know when you can hit that "donate" button again!

October 31, 2005 - The Southern Foodways Alliance, run by the fine John T. Edge, knew this question was on your mind. So they held a juried competition to find out.

October 27, 2005 - I try not to blog too much about our blog -- I mean, who wants to read about that? -- but we've had a surge of newcomers over the last few days so I wanted to again say hello, welcome and thanks for visiting.

October 25, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal By way of journalism teacher/blogger Bob Stepno, here's the incredible story of how a small band of New Orleans Times-Picayune reporters kept the news coming in the face of incredible adversity:

October 22, 2005 - Yesterday was a huge traffic day here at Facing South, thanks to widespread interest in our post about the identical editorial that appeared, unsigned and looking like a local "house" editorial, in some 8-10 newspapers connected with the right/libertarian

October 21, 2005 - I have to put in one more plug for two great events happening in Durham, N.C. this weekend.

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.