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Bribing with class

By Chris Kromm
February 27, 2006 - The newswires are aglow with reports about how convicted Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham went about accepting bribes in return for hefty defense contracts from his perch at the House Appropriations Committee from 1998 to 2005:

Negroes with Guns

By Chris Kromm
February 7, 2006 - PBS television is premiering a fascinating documentary tonight about a little-known aspect of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.

Arkansas GOP: We'll keep the money

By Chris Kromm
January 6, 2006 - Fallout in the South from GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff's corrupt dealings show no signs of letting up. Add Arkansas to Mr. Neal's survey of Southern entanglements yesterday, although the state GOP is working hard to appear unfazed. In the ongoing saga of who's returning Jack's money and who's not, the Arkansas GOP made it clear that they're keeping the cash:

Local TV station convenes panel to censor network program

By R. Neal
January 5, 2006 - WBIR, our local NBC affiliate here in the Knoxville/East Tennessee area, is deciding whether to cave in to pressure from the American Family Association, local clergy, and dozens of angry callers and e-mailers and pull the plug on NBC's new comedy/drama "The Book of Daniel".According to CNN, at least two other local NBC affiliates have already decided not to air the apparently controversial program. KARK in Little Rock, and WTWO in Terre Haute, Indiana will pre-empt the back-to-back episodes scheduled to premier Friday night at 9:00 PM Eastern.

Bush: I am not a racist!

By R. Neal
December 13, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal President Bush said in a speech yesterday that the federal government's response to Katrina was "appalling" but it was not racially motivated and he is not a racist. You know what? I believe him.

Off topic: The "Vietnamization" phase

By R. Neal
December 1, 2005 - Posted by R. NealJudging from Bush's speech yesterday, it appears we are now entering the "Vietnamization" phase of the Iraq war. It's deja vu all over again: "My fellow Americans, I am sure you can recognize from what I have said that we really only have two choices open to us if we want to end this war. I can order an immediate, precipitate withdrawal of all Americans from Vietnam without regard to the effects of that action.