June 8, 2006 -
        
  
        We're back in New Orleans for the Institute's Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch project (check out the new website, still in progress).
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        June 7, 2006 -
        
  
        The Senate is 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        June 7, 2006 -
        
  
        As Rep. Katherine Harris's campaign for Senate continues its seemingly relentless slide, her fellow Republicans are growing more resigned about the outcome. As USA Today reports,
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        June 6, 2006 -
        
  
        The Center for American Progress conducted a poll to find out what Americans think about morality and politics (as opposed to what we are told to believe by our elected representatives in Congress). The findings were interesting:
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        June 6, 2006 -
        
  
        The irony and hypocrisy surrounding the issue of marriage abounds, as evidenced by this:
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        June 6, 2006 -
        
  
        A new report by the Southern Growth Policy Board says:
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        June 5, 2006 -
        
  
        How far do Southern conservatives want to go in eliminating the seperation between church and state? Very far, if this report from the Dallas Morning News about the faith-based fireworks at last week's Texas state Republican convention are any indication: