South

Is It Time for Southern Democrats to 'Walk Out on the Porch, Pee, Pull the Light Chain, and Go to Bed'?

Glen Browder | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Blue Dogs, South, Elections, Republican Party, Southern Democracy, Democratic Party, Yellow Dogs, Election 2010, Democrats, Republicans, Southern Democrats, Southern Politics, Politics News

Southern Democracy -- defined as entrenched regional rule -- is no more. Republicans now reign throughout most of the South. The best that Southern Democrats can hope for is restoring their party to competitive parity in a two-party system.

Read Post

Clean Energy Investments Continue to Soar: Time to "Triple Down" on Renewable Electricity

Jake Schmidt | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Wind Power, South, Globalwarming, Solar, Climate Change, Brazil, Africa, Earthsummit 2012, Mexico, Rio+20, European Union, US, China, Green News

Renewable energy is real, cost competitive in many situations, and a growing source of business opportunity. And given that other sources of electricity contribute to global warming and local air pollution, now is the time to double-down on more renewable energy.

Read Post

"Southern Democracy": Can Yellow Dogs and Blue Dogs Rekindle Their Romance?

Glen Browder | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Blue Dogs, Elections, Yellow Dogs, South, Southern Politics, Democrats, Southern Democracy, Republicans, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

I firmly believe that it takes both Yellow Dogs and Blue Dogs for Democrats to win in most Southern elections. The hitch is that there are few Blue Dogs left out there to be wooed.

Read Post

Is "Southern Democracy" Dead?

Glen Browder | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Yellow Dogs, History, Politics, South, Blue Dogs, Racism, Southern, Election 2012, Election 2010, Republicans, Race, Democratic Party, Southern Democracy, Democrats, Republican Party, Politics News

As the current, unfolding election season demonstrates, the excitement and energy of partisan politics lies mainly in Republican campaigns in the South, while the historically-dominant Democrats mainly sit and stew in envy.

Read Post

"Toothless Rednecks" (Part Two): Hard History and Flawed Democracy in the South

Glen Browder | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Race Game, Leadership, Hard History, Racist, Alabama, Democracy, Southern Politics, V.O. Key, Biracial Accommodation, Deep South, Southerners, Arnold Toynbee, History, Politics, Campaigning, Rednecks, South, Jr., Flawed Democracy, Mississippi, Politics News

It's a continuing game of racial politics -- now played by both blacks and whites in more sophisticated manner without traditional perversities -- in a regional system still struggling with historic black-white disparities and tensions.

Read Post

Southern Surrealism

Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Female Photographers, South, Instagram, Southern Photographers, Mississippi, Surrealist Photography, Misvincent, Slidepollajax, Melissa Vincent, Instagram Spotlight, Arts News

Pablo Picasso reportedly once said, "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." With this in mind, we are ...

Read Whole Story

'Evangelicals Like Their Leaders With A Little Zing -– And That Romney Doesn't Have'

AP | RACHEL ZOLL AND JENNIFER AGIESTA | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: South, Mitt Romney South, Video, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney Evangelicals, Deep South, Politics News

Mitt Romney's weak appeal so far with white evangelicals will be in the forefront as the GOP presidential primaries move into Southern states where mo...

Read Whole Story

'Strange Things Are Happening To Me'

AP | By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: South, Mississippi Primary 2012, Video, Alabama, Mississippi, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Mississippi Primary, Alabama Primary, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Deep South, Alabama Primary 2012, Politics News

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mitt Romney faces a tough sell in the Deep South. With Mississippi and Alabama primaries coming up next Tuesday, there's concern tha...

Read Whole Story

'I Can Tell You Right Now, He's Tired'

AP | THOMAS BEAUMONT | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: South, Mississippi Primary 2012, Video, Alabama, Newt Gingrich 2012, Mississippi, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Alabama Primary, Southern States, Alabama Primary 2012 Mississippi Primary, Newt Gingrich, Deep South, Politics News

ELLISVILLE, Miss. — Spurning calls for him to get out, Newt Gingrich insisted Friday that he'll stay in the race for the Republican presidential...

Read Whole Story

Romney Heads To 'Away Game'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: South, Video, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney Deep South, Deep South, Mitt Romney Away Game, Politics News

With the Mississippi and Alabama Republican primaries approaching, Mitt Romney admitted the Deep South is "a bit of an away game" for him. The GOP ...

Read Whole Story

The Faithful Shopper: Gifts for Guys

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Topman, Southern Hospitality, Milan, If Soho, Billy Reid, Brad Pitt, Ipad 3, Briefcases, Timepieces, South, Marilyn Monroe, England, Chinos, Jason Wu, Topshop, Kate Moss, Bangles, Gq, February, Alabama, Rings, Hugo Boss, Jack Spade, Diamond District, Diamonds, Trax NYC, John Lobb, Florence, Levis, UK, United Kingdom, Denim, Dries Van Noten, Kate Middleton, Maison Martin Margiela, Naples, Georg Jensen, Pippa, Tiffany, Mens, Menswear, Giorgio Armani, Ann Demeulemeester, Italy, Prince William, Belt Buckles, Watches, Chains, Wallets, New York City, Esquire, Jewels, Cesare Attolini, Junya Watanabe, Leap Year, Kate Spade, David Yurman, Leap Day, Rolex, Faith Hope Consolo, Versani, Barney?S, Men?S, Triumph Motorcycle, Toywatch, Cartier, Bulgari, Hermes, Diesel, Christian Dior, Cerruti I88I, Baume & Mercier, Dolce & Gabbana, Azzaro Watches, Tag Heuer, Fossil, Christian Bernard, Dkny, Movado, Officina Del Tempo, Burberry, Chanel, IWC Watches, Michael Kors, Gucci, Callaway, Casio, Harley Davidson, Thierry Mugler, Concord, Skagen Watches, Swiss Army, Emporio Armani, Lucien Piccard, Raymond Weil, Dunlop, Technomarine, Invicta, Girard-Perregaux, Ebel, Charriol, Breitling, Croton, Bulova, Corum, New York News

It's Leap Day! The date when by tradition, women can propose marriage to the men in their lives. Of course, women have been disregarding this for years, but today is a perfect excuse to buy a gift for your favorite guy.

Read Post

The Hurtful Legacy of Herman Cain's "Suspended," "Brother From Another Mother" Presidential Campaign

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Robert C. Smith, Mass Incarceration, Timothy McVeigh, Ann Coulter, Terrorism, Right-Wing, White Supremacy, GOP Base, Extremist, Conservatism, High Tech Lynching, High Tech Rape, Clarence Thomas, Colorblindess, Tim Wise, South, Driving While Black, Black Men, Koch Brothers, Conservatives, Ron Robinson, Christian Conservatives, Herman Cain, Pew Research Study, Racism, White Conservatives, Tea Party, Republicans, Hannity, Video, Black Voices News

For a sustained period, Cain was the GOP candidate who most successfully stimulated the nostalgia for the good ole days of the "great communicator," Ronald Reagan, among "the base."

Read Post

No Joke, No Hyperbole: 2012 May Be America's Final Election

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Florida, 2012 Elections, Wisconsin, South, Michigan, Voting, Scott Walker, Ohio, Medicare, Baker v Carr., Right Wing, Fdr, Rick Snyder, Elections 2012, Politics News

If anyone believed 2011 was the year of the direct assault on proponents of the middle class, clean air and water, public education, and respect for first responders, and democracy itself, just wait until 2013.

Read Post

Sales Of Existing Homes Drops, Partly Due To Tornadoes

Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: South, Economic Recovery, Moody's Analytics, Tornadoes, Bad Weather, National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, Housing Crisis, Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON - Pending sales of existing U.S. homes dropped far more than expected in April to touch a seven-month low, a trade group said on Friday...

Read Whole Story

Hilary Duff Goes Indie: A Conversation About Her New Film, Bloodworth

Terry Keefe | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Lizzy McGuire, Reece Thompson, Val Kilmer, Disney Channel, South, Hilary Duff, Tennessee, Gossip Girl, Southern Gothic, North Carolina, Bloodworth, Entertainment News

Hilary Duff likes a good challenge. The number of former child and teen stars who manage to sustain success into their twenties, as Duff undeniably has, are few, but even rarer are those who then develop into serious adult actors.

Read Post

Chuck Leavell: This Rolling Stone Gathers Trees

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Clapton, Offsetting, Energy Star, Land Management, Concerts, Atlanta, George Harrison, Green, Alabama, Mnn, Rock, Tree Farmer, Trees, Ted Turner, Allman Brothers, Epa, Forestry, South, Music Industry, Georgia, Environment, Keyboardist, Carbon Dioxide, Jimmy Carter, Chuck Leavell, Rolling Stones, Piano, Jessica, Bullard, Green News

Chuck Leavell has been a melodic force behind some of rock 'n' roll's biggest acts. But he is also a committed conservationist and tree farmer.

Read Post

A Politically-Polarized Sesquicentennial

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Newspapers, Contrarian, Andrew Butler, Secession, Secede, Media, Democracy in America, Civil Rights, Republican, Partisan Press, History, Alexis De Tocqueville, World War I, American History, Yellow Journalism, Mob, Espionage Act, Mccarthyism, Slavery, Bleeding Kansas, Abraham Lincoln, Julian Assange, House Divided, Preston Brooks, Caning, Civil War, Tea Party Republicans, Southern Strategy, Heritage, Missouri Compromise, Democrat, Tocqueville, Red-Baiting, Yellow Dog, Anti-War, Vincennes Gazette, Cane, South, Chris Weigant, Individualism, Sesquicentennial, Fox News, Being Mobbed, Lyndon Johnson, 150th Anniversary, News, Senate, Politics News

While we are indeed currently politically divided and somewhat polarized, this is actually our normal state as a nation -- and on the polarization scale, we're nowhere near the "most divided" we've ever been. Far from it.

Read Post

White Southern Democrats Nearly Extinct, 'Culturally Unacceptable' In Most Of Dixie

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White Southern Democrats, Southern Democrats, Dixie, South, Deep South, Dave "Mudcat" Saunders, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The white Southern Democrat – endangered since the 1960s civil rights era – is sliding nearer to extinction. After thi...

Read Whole Story

PHOTOS: The Best LA Sports Bars For Game Day

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South, Sports Bars, LA Restaurants, Hollywood Billiards, Parlor, Q's, Big Wangs, Slidepollajax, Yankee Doodles, Los Angeles News

With NFL and college football seasons in full swing, we've compiled a list of Los Angeles' best sports bars for your viewing pleasure. The list includ...

Read Whole Story

Buddy Guy, the Montreux Jazz Festival & Protecting Our Musical Heritage

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South, BP Oil Spill, New Orleans, Poverty, Louisiana, Buddy Guy, Jazz, Racism, Montreux Jazz Festival, Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Music, Blues, Rolling Stones, Culture, Entertainment News

We have such a rich musical heritage in the US, yet many children do not know where this strong musical history comes from, nor how the South plays such a strong role in keeping this music alive.

Read Post

2010 Census Return Rate Hits 72 Percent, Matches 2000 Census Return Rate

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Return Rate, Congress, Census Bureau, House Seats, California, 2010 Census, South, Census, West, Midwest, East, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, Politics News

WASHINGTON — It's down to the wire: With a few days left before final mail-in results are tallied, nearly three-fourths of U.S. households have ...

Read Whole Story

Forests Of ArborGen Genetically Modified Trees OK'd For U.S. South

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Georgia, Genetically Altered Treets, Paper, Genetically Modified Crops, Australian Eucalyptus, South, Texas, Arborgen, Department of Agriculture, Alabama, Louisiana, Eucalyptus, Paper Industry, Missisippi, South Carolina, Florida, Forests, Green News

TAMPA, Fla. — The commercial paper industry's plans to plant forests of genetically altered eucalyptus trees in seven Southern states have gener...

Read Whole Story

Baby Boomers Delay Retirement And Cities Gain, Census Reports

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baby Boomers, Retirement, Economy, Pensions, Retirement Homes, Retirement Communities, South, Census, Big Cities, Unemployment, West, 401k, Home Values, Real Estate, Vacation Homes, Business News

WASHINGTON — Battered by recession, more older Americans are staying put in traditional big cities to hold onto jobs, creating slowdowns in popu...

Read Whole Story

Broadway Stars Chad Kimball and Montego Glover Talk Memphis

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South, Huey Calhoun, Musical, Tonys, The Color Purple, Michelle Obama, Felicia Farrell, Chad Kimball, Memphis, Broadway, Sondheim, Into the Woods, Montego Glover, Health Care, Bon Jovi, Entertainment News

I caught up with the two leads of Memphis, Chad Kimball and Montego Glover -- and asked them what it's been like to be a part of the latest Broadway smash.

Read Post

Eye-popping U.S. Prices Force Americans Southward

Bob Wells | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Real Estate Prices, South, Migration, Traveling South, The Balanced Life, How to Move, American Prices, South America, Ex Pats South America, Moving, Traveling to South America, Healthy Living News

You have to be willing to learn Spanish and, yes, overlook poverty, stray dogs and other inevitable challenges of being an expat. But in return, you're in a New World.

Read Post