September 15, 2005 -
Posted by R. Neal
September 15, 2005 -
Mark Twain once said "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." As someone frequently known to ignore good advice, it looks like I'll be hanging out here for a while. Thanks to Chris and Facing South for the kind introduction and for the invitation to be a regular here.
September 15, 2005 -
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) announced earlier this week that Republican Congress had done so well in cutting spending that he declared an "ongoing victory" in the war on excess spending.
September 15, 2005 -
Two weeks ago, we were overwhelmed by your great response when we hauled R. Neal, the-blogger-formerly-known-as-South-Knox-Bubba, out of blogosphere retirement to cover Facing South for a week. In fact, it went so well, we're going to make it a mostly-regular gig.
September 14, 2005 -
Last Monday, Condoleeza Rice commented that what happened in the Gulf shows that race and poverty can still come together "in a very ugly way" in parts of the "Old South." But if it's still happening, is it really the "Old South?" Consider this
September 14, 2005 -
This story brings attentiont to a population I haven't heard much about in the wake of Katrina, Native American tribes and nations:
September 14, 2005 -
I have in front of me a draft letter from the Progressive Caucus in Congress on a subject we've been covering a lot here lately: disaster profiteering in the Gulf.