When they come to power in the South, Republicans often find a new enemy: each other.

In the past 15 years, the influence and importance of states and localities in the federal system have grown significantly.

The feds can create a new security agency. But they can't make us secure. That has to happen at the grassroots.

Ever since the July day when Mayor Ray Nagin announced that 84 arrest warrants had been issued in a massive campaign against public corruption, New Orleans has been a changed city.

Something funny is happening to Atlanta's old school buildings. People are living in them. Already three public schools have been recycled into loft apartments, another is being developed and a fifth is up for sale and may join the trend.