Southern Politics
June 13, 2007 -
In a recent debate on North Carolina Public Radio, N.C. Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue (D) insisted that there are "no downsides" to her plan of expanding military bases and defense industries in the state. I disagreed, citing the Institute's recent report North Carolina at War, which documents the social, economic and other costs of being "the most military-friendly state in the nation."
June 11, 2007 -
Leadership PACs have become all the rage for Congress in recent years. And no wonder.
June 8, 2007 -
Just weeks after the much-hyped "grand compromise" on immigration, Senate advocates fell five votes short of reaching cloture and moving the bi-partisan bill for
June 6, 2007 -
Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to consider the nomination of Mississippi judge Leslie Southwick for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
