Charlotte It’s sad joke when someone in North Carolina says with less than a smile, “Welcome to North Carolina, the new Alabama.” First, because Alabama is still doing all it can to continue to be the old Alabama, and secondly, because one of the top two fastest growing states is fighting a rearguard effort to …
Category: ACORN
If Donations Are Free Speech, so is Begging
New Orleans Free speech is a funny thing, though many are no longer laughing. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. The Supreme Court in one decision after another from Citizens’ United on out has said that the act of giving money is free speech for the rich. There are no limits …
Using ACORN as the Smokescreen for Voter Suppression
Salina, KN Here’s a change of pace while we’re wending out way from Wyoming dry lands to Louisiana wetland. A piece by John Atlas and Peter Drier ran in Salon that is worth sharing it seems to me to get some context in what is now contemporary history of voter suppression since this pig is …