January 28, 2008 -
We recently reported briefly on the disparity in the results between ballots counted by Diebold machines and those counted by hand in the New Hampshire presidential primary, and the fact that candidate Rep.
January 28, 2008 -
The Florida Fair Elections Center released a report last week into the cause of the uncounted votes in the 2006 Congressional District 13 race in Sarasota County, and its conclusions deserve the attention of everyone who cares about the
January 28, 2008 -
Pundits are shocked -- shocked! -- about former president Bill Clinton's remarks this weekend, dismissing Sen. Barack Obama's victory over Sen. Hillary Clinton in the South Carolina primaries as a mere re-play of Jesse Jackson's victories there in 1984 and 1988.
January 25, 2008 -
Mardi Gras is starting early in New Orleans this year -- the earliest anyone I talked to in New Orleans over the last two weeks could remember. The official start date was January 8, but the revelry will really get going tonight and keep going until Fat Tuesday on Feb. 5. Krewe de Vieux, one of the most irreverent Mardi Gras crewes, kicked things off last Saturday. But starting at 6 pm tonight, six crewes will start their 2008 parades.
January 25, 2008 -
Fans of Southern roots music are in for a special treat this weekend, courtesy of National Public Radio.
January 25, 2008 -
The presidential primary candidates are facing their first tests in the South ahead of Mega Tuesday on Feb. 5th.
January 25, 2008 -
I just came back from a trip to New Orleans, this time to meet with leaders of the Interfaith Disaster Redevelopment Finance Fund -- a terrific initiative based at Mennonite Mutual Aid that is injecting badly-needed funds from faith groups in the the Katrina recovery to fill the gaps where Washington has fallen short.