Monthly Archives: September 2009

There is no substitute for being there.  I have been researching the social history of Mississippi for several months now, but on Monday, September 21, 2009, I toured five towns in north central Mississippi that I have been writing about: Winona, … Continue reading →

Barack Obama refuses to get sucked back into the media’s great American race war.  Jimmy Carter upped the ante in the ”You Lie” debacle by imputing a racist motivation to Joe Wilson’s remark.  White House press secretary Robert Gibbs assured the press corp that President Obama does … Continue reading →

The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in Indiana are proud of Donna Stites, an Associate of the order incarcerated at the Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis.  Yesterday, I sat down with Publications Manager Connie McCammon who wove my rambling … Continue reading →

Yesterday I was honored to give a talk to the students of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College near Terre Haute, Indiana.  Priscilla Hutton, an Associate with the Sisters of Providence, made sure that representatives from the local newspaper were on hand.  To the … Continue reading →

Donna Stites is an Associate of the Sisters of Providence, a Catholic order devoted to justice and hands-on social ministry.  Donna Stites has also been an inmate at the Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis.  In 1984, she was involved in two horrific murders.  A year … Continue reading →

Editor’s Note: E. King Alexander, Jr., the author of this post, is a Louisiana, California, and Texas attorney engaged in indigent defense in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. He currently serves, with Julie Hayes Kilborn, as Co-Chair of the Amicus Committee of LACDL.  … Continue reading →

In the past two days the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has been bombarded with angry letters demanding to know why Superintendent Jerry McCullough and the Arlington Independent School Board refused to let the (largely minority) school children under their charge hear … Continue reading →

Were you startled by Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” interjection during President Obama’s address on health care last night?  So was I.  But those who know and love Mr. Wilson the best are telling us what South Carolinians have known for … Continue reading →

Why are we so convinced that Curtis Flowers is innocent?  Two reasons: the state’s theory of the crime doesn’t fit the actual evidence, and the state manufactured phoney evidence by manipulating, badgering and bribing witnesses. All are agreed that the gun that ended the lives of Bertha Tardy, Carmen … Continue reading →

Editor’s Note: E. King Alexander, Jr., the author of this post, is a Louisiana, California, and Texas attorney engaged in indigent defense in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. He currently serves, with Julie Hayes Kilborn, as Co-Chair of the Amicus Committee of LACDL.  … Continue reading →