Tuesday, March 16, 2004

North Carolina's 6th Congressional district has seen a surge of Spanish-speaking immigrants. Howard Coble's response: a bill proposing to make English the official language of the US, end bilingual education, and repeal the portion of the Voting Rights Act that guarantees the rights of non-English-speaking citizens. 4:24:27 PM    comment []

Ur-blogger and former Clark campaigner Cam Barrett has joined the Kerry campaign. Kerry CTO Sanford Dickert scores a recruiting coup. 3:53:22 PM    comment []

Terry Heaton: "What makes white, rural southerners immune from the laws of political correctness?" 1:58:50 PM    comment []

Jay Rosen reads the Harvard report on blogs and the Trent Lott/Strom Thurmond affair: "The case study is largely about herd thinking in the press, and the illusion that 'news' jumps out at everyone simultaneously." 9:00:00 AM    comment []

Howard Coble is a co-sponsor of a bill that would give Congress the ability to overturn some Supreme Court decisions. Hey, why amend the Constitution when you can just gut it? No checks, no balance. 8:53:19 AM    comment []

Jeff Jarvis on the new economics of the news business: "The problem is revenue." As the WSJ noticed, Henry Copeland has a part of the solution. 8:46:26 AM    comment []