Politics

April 3, 2006 - The Wilmington Star has a nice overview of Bob Hall, a long-time staffer at the Institute for Southern Studies, and his pioneering work on campaign finance reform -- which may well depose N.C.'s Democratic House Speaker Jim Black:

April 3, 2006 - In the fight to top the latest Fortune 500 list, it's Big Oil from Irving, TX vs. Big Plastic from Bentonville, AR. Here's who wins:

March 30, 2006 - The U.S.

March 30, 2006 - Sorry about the light (no) blogging yesterday in Chris's absence. We got wound up in a huge local story that, while it doesn't have a wide ranging affect around the South, is interesting nonetheless.

March 23, 2006 - You may recall that former Atlanta Mayor and civil rights activist Andrew Young's company recently signed on with Wal-Mart to help rehabilitate their image. Yesterday Young made a personal appearance at a Wal-Mart grand opening in Atlanta:

March 22, 2006 - The Devil went down to Georgia, and so did former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed. State Republicans aren't happy about what his candidacy for Lt. Governor are doing to their political prospects, reports Political Wire:

March 20, 2006 - Halliburton, the company which has become synonymous with &quot