February 22, 2010 -
The Alabama state senate has passed a pair of bills that would improve protections for American Indian burial grounds, a move that comes amid growing public outcry over destruction of sacred sites in that state and elsewhere in the Southeast.
February 19, 2010 -
By Bob Moser, The Texas Observer We'll soon be hearing more than we ever needed to know about Joseph Andrew Stack III, the man who burned up his house and flew a suicide mission into an Austin IRS office this morning. We'll no doubt discover that neighbors and friends are shocked; that he was a quiet fellow, kept to himself, nobody imagined ... you know, the usual.
February 19, 2010 -
NOTE: I'm back from a family funeral in South Carolina. Thanks to my colleague Sue Sturgis for holding down the fort in my absence.
February 18, 2010 -
President Obama's announcement this week that his administration would provide $8.3 billion in loan guarantees to the Southern Company to build two new nuclear
February 18, 2010 -
History was made yesterday in North Carolina when a special panel of judges declared innocent a man who served 17 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.