http://dir.salon.com/topics/south/?source=rss&aim=south en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT By Gene Lyons Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/24/healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/24/healthcare/index.html?source=rss Only Republicans really buy the anti-healthcare reform lies. So why are some Dems settling for such an awful bill? By Vincent Rossmeier Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/28/voinovich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/28/voinovich/index.html?source=rss Ohio's George Voinovich lashes out over his party's reliance on Southern spokesmen By Michael Lind Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/third_reconstruction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/third_reconstruction/index.html?source=rss The South's attempt to kill the North's auto industry is the latest battle in an ongoing conflict. It's time for a Third Reconstruction to put an end to it. By Thomas Schaller Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/19/south_schaller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/19/south_schaller/index.html?source=rss No economic-populism-inspired revivals are going to turn the region blue. Virginia's Jim Webb is a lonely exception. By Bob Moser Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/19/south_moser/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/19/south_moser/index.html?source=rss The author of "Blue Dixie" says don't give up on the region -- but don't pander to it with Clintonian centrism. By Alex Koppelman Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/04/wicker_musgrove/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/04/wicker_musgrove/index.html?source=rss The incumbent Republican holds on to his Senate seat, easily fending off his Democratic challenger. By Alex Koppelman Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/04/georgia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/04/georgia/index.html?source=rss The Obama campaign managed to turn out an impressive number of African-Americans, but it wasn't enough -- black voters could still boost other Democrats, though. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/25/myths/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/25/myths/index.html?source=rss An arch, acute and haunting documentary about the segregated Mardi Gras traditions of Mobile, Ala., "The Order of Myths" might be the nonfiction film of the year. By Cary Tennis Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/11/dont_move_to_california/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/11/dont_move_to_california/index.html?source=rss I don't like California; I like it where I am! By Ed Kilgore Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/10/obama_south/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/10/obama_south/index.html?source=rss Rep. Adam Putnam worries that black turnout could "swamp" Republicans in down-ballot races in the South. Is he right? By Cary Tennis Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/07/creative_duty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/07/creative_duty/index.html?source=rss I know I am different. I know I go for broke. What if my gift is rejected? By Adam Roberts Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2007/07/17/johnt_edge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2007/07/17/johnt_edge/index.html?source=rss John T. Edge, America's bard of Southern food, talks about Kool-Aid pickles, eating with the KKK, and how okra might be the ultimate tool of integration. By Cary Tennis Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/13/dying_southern_grandmother/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/13/dying_southern_grandmother/index.html?source=rss I finally escaped the deadly web of small-town Southern life. But it keeps pulling on me! By Garrison Keillor Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/02/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/02/keillor/index.html?source=rss On an April day in Georgia, not even fried chicken and the scent of magnolia can make you forget the kids we're sending to die in a pointless war. By Cary Tennis Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/16/gun_ownership/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/16/gun_ownership/index.html?source=rss Like my father, I love and respect guns. But I'm conflicted. By Thomas F. Schaller Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/14/no_south/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/14/no_south/index.html?source=rss The party is doing fine, winning the Northeast, the West and the Midwest. So why is James Carville still pushing a Southern strategy? By Garrison Keillor Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/10/18/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/10/18/keillor/index.html?source=rss Why do Southern folks elect regressive, warmongering politicians but still call you "sunshine" when they serve your coffee? By Garrison Keillor Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/02/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/02/keillor/index.html?source=rss In this heat, even respectable Northerners want to shoot at beer cans and sing about the good old days on the plantation. By Juan Cole Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/07/19/maximal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/07/19/maximal/index.html?source=rss Part of Israel's war strategy may be to push the Shiites out of Lebanon's south. That would be a humanitarian disaster -- and it won't work. By Mitchell Prothero Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/14/lebanon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/14/lebanon/index.html?source=rss A report from Lebanon's south, ravaged by retaliatory Israeli strikes. By Charles Taylor Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/02/01/branch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/02/01/branch/index.html?source=rss The final volume of Taylor Branch's magisterial biography shows how Martin Luther King Jr. reached out to his enemies. His example should shame the shrill partisans on both sides of our poisonous cultural divide. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/07/08/john_edwards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/07/08/john_edwards/index.html?source=rss Following the progressive tradition of Andrew Jackson, the North Carolina senator will challenge the GOP's divisive appeal. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2004/01/05/cold_mountain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2004/01/05/cold_mountain/index.html?source=rss Haven't white Southerners suffered enough? Anyway, slavery is irrelevant to the plot (and geography) of "Cold Mountain." Readers respond to Stephanie Zacharek's review. By Suzi Parker Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/09/11/parker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/09/11/parker/index.html?source=rss The author of "Sex in the South" whoops it up at a sex-toy sales meeting in Arkansas. By Michael Alvear Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/02/26/polite/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/02/26/polite/index.html?source=rss Could Southern politeness be hindering efforts to stop the spread of AIDS?