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August 3, 2006 - You may recall our profile and interview with college Democrat Alex Youn here at Facing South last year. He's an interesting young man with a lot of energy, and he's pretty smart about politics.

August 2, 2006 - With ex-Tropical Storm Chris now gaining steam off the coast of Puerto Rico, we have the first hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season approaching landfall.

August 2, 2006 - As pundits and politicos lament the "culture of corruption," North Carolina last week made some small but important steps towards cleaning up politics. True, the headlines in NC today are leading with this story:

August 1, 2006 - You can argue whether it's man-made global warming or naturally occurring cyclical climate change, but one thing's for sure: it's hotter than a $2 pistol down here in the South.

July 28, 2006 - Until 2004, North Carolina was considered a fairly stingy state when it came to "development subsidies" -- the over $50 billion a year in tax breaks and other give-aways that states and localities pay to attract business.

July 28, 2006 - At times, it can seem that the escalating Lebanon/Israel conflict is a distant battle over which the U.S. -- aside from the ocassional diplomatic visit -- has little control. But as the Institute showed in its report "The South at War," we're more closely implicated than we think, especially south of the Mason/Dixon line.

July 28, 2006 - Of the people hurt most by Hurricane Katrina -- poor and working-class residents, African-Americans -- especially hard-hit were the elderly.