LSU's Chancellor writes in praise of both the Southern football tradition and serious Southern scholarship.

Canadians have a reputation of being ecologically ethical people. If only their logging, mining, oil, and gas companies were like that too.

Wes Boyd of MoveOn.org speaks out about Republican smear tactics over the Bush/Hitler TV ad.

The No Child Left Behind Act was supposed to implement national accountabilty standards for public schools. Riiiiiiiiiight.

"Why do you want to buy Chinese banks — what makes you think these guys will do anything any differently in the next four years?" More on China's banking house of cards.