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Back from the Blue Ridge
(Yesterday, 5:59 am)
Just a quick note to say that I have been "on the road" for the past five days, and I have lots of exciting adventures and read more...
Where Have All the Small Towns Gone?
(Jul 27th, 9:59 am)
The centuries old ubi sunt query—where are those read more...
Vick Still Casts a Long Shadow Over NFL Hopes in Atlanta
(Jul 21st, 6:24 am)
Has it really been a year? Last week marked one year since Michael Vick was indicted on federal charges for his role in a dog read more...
Rays of Baseball Hope
(Jul 7th, 8:54 am)
We’ve reached the midpoint of the baseball season, and there seems to be a high level of optimism for the teams in our read more...
Alabama: A Place in the Sun
(Jul 4th, 9:24 am)
It is July in Alabama and the corn is literally as high as an elephant’s eye. Jungles of lush green flank the country roads. read more...
Picture of the Day
>>Merchantry reviews
Review of: Cappy's Oyster Bar
Cappy's Oyster Bar (Volume One)
Cappy’s Oyster Bar 2500 Cobb Parkway Kennesaw, Georgia 30152 770-590-9881 By James Calemine
>>Merchantry Features
A Southern Strategy For The NBA
Now that we welcome another NBA team to our Footprint (three cheers for OKC), it's time for the NBA to start making some other changes that will help this league's popularity continue to grow in our region. REALIGNMENT Oklahoma City read more...
NASCAR: Driving in Different Directions?
by Patrick Snow Some recent events in the world of NASCAR have made us here at Swampland ask the question: In what direction is this sport going? I’ve expressed frustration before about how NASCAR seems to want to forget its Southern roots as they try to put cookie-cutter tracks in large (TV markets) urban areas where racing is more of a novelty than a read more...
>>Merchantry Conversations
Barney Barnwell
Barney Barnwell and The Plum Hollow Band Open New Recording Studio Upstate South Carolina by Michael B. Smith Fall, 1999 Just up the road "a piece" in the town of New Prospect, a new recording studio has opened it's doors. But this is not "your father's recording studio." read more...