appalachia

Don Surber wonders why Congress banned offshore drilling but allows coal mining in Appalachia. I’m not opposed to coal mining (with the exception of mountaintop removal), but it is a good question.

from FiveThirtyEight:

Clint Brewer, Editor of the Nashville City Paper, penned an editorial today in which he opined on the Fred Hobbs debacle first broken by their paper, as well as what Barack Obama needs to do in order to win in November.

Deep in the heart of Appalachia. This is cool.

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Angelia has some info on Barack Obama’s general election campaign kickoff just a hop, skip and a jump

Much has been made about Obama's trouble with Appalachia, so it looks like he'll kick off his campaign in Bristol:

Barack Obama kicks off his general election campaign in an unlikely place: Bristol, Virginia.

The National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship reports on the findings of a long-term study to spur entrepreneurial growth in Appalachia.

The latest episode of Podcast Appalachia is now available! It’s a little known fact that Appalachians, both in the North and the South, played a major role in the early movement to abolish slavery. In this episode I look at this history and examine the role Appalachians played in expanding human liberty. You can listen [...]

The latest episode of Podcast Appalachia is now available!

Today, I had to the pleasure of sitting down for a spell with U.S. Democratic Senate candidate Mike Padgett while on a break from visiting and talking with supporters here in Nashville.