Southern Politics

March 6, 2008 - Yesterday, the city council of Columbia, S.C. voted unanimously to pass ordinances prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in housing and public accommodations. The South Carolina Progressive Network reports:

February 28, 2008 - In case you have somehow missed it, earlier in the week the Tennessee Republican Party put out an official press release referring to Barack "Hussein" Obama's "anti-Semite" positions, featuring the Drudge photo of Obama in Somali traditional garb. From the Knoxville News Sentinel yesterday:

February 28, 2008 - Conservative icon William F. Buckley was found dead today in his Connecticut study at the age of 82. The magazine he founded is in mourning, with tributes on the National Review's Web site from political heavyweights like Sen. John McCain, who deems Buckley a "Great American."

February 12, 2008 - Are we looking at the end of a political era?

February 1, 2008 - Last week, I wrote about signs of the South's growing influence in U.S. politics.

January 28, 2008 - Yesterday's Raleigh News & Observer ran a terrific story on last week's surprise victory by the grassroots movement fighting the U.S.

January 22, 2008 - The Texas Supreme Court last week declined to intercede in a dispute between presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich and the state Democratic Party over Kucinich's refusal to sign a party loyalty oath.