Wisconsin Republicans voted down a proposal at their annual convention Monday that would have affirmed the state's "sovereign right" to secede from the United States. Now they can all go back to being the party of Lincoln, right?
As Texas Secession Movement Continues to Grow, One Tiny Problem Remains: Texas Can't Secede
With the news this morning that support for Texas secession has grown so rapidly in the last few weeks that members of the Texas Nationalist Movement have gone and founded their very own political action committee, the question that should probably be asked at some point is: Could Texas actually secede if it wanted to?
Guy Who Started Alabama's Secession Petition Mostly Just Wants His Topless Car Wash Back
As the number of "We the People" secession petition signatures continues to climb, the question inevitably must be asked: Who are these people, and why are they so anxious to secede?
Texas Republican Official Peter Morrison Talks Secession, Reverse Racism
Welcome to the sleepy little east Texas town of Jasper. Home of charming organizations like the Knights of the White Kamelia (KKK) and the Hardin County Republican Party, it is also the town where, in 1998, three white men dragged James Byrd, Jr. three miles down an asphalt road, before eventually decapitating him.…
Rick Perry Won't Join Petitioners Calling for Texas to Secede, Says Union is Fine As Is
Nearly 70,000 Hancocks have already signed a We the People petition urging the Obama administration to allow Texas to "withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government," but the Lone Star State's governor Rick Perry is not among them.
'We the People' Petitions Filed in Nineteen States Seeking Permission to Secede from the Union [UPDATE]
In the aftermath of last week's presidential election, residents in at least nineteen states have put up petitions on the government's "We the People" petitioning website seeking the right to secede from the rest of the country.
South Carolinians Celebrate 150th Anniversary of Secession
The 150th anniversary of South Carolina's secession is upon us. Many South Carolinians attended a celebratory, black-tie secession ball last night. It featured "a 45-minute theatrical play re-enacting the signing of the Ordinance of Secession," among other things.
Eating & Drinking: Tuesday Edition
• David Bouley has shuttered Secession, which he opened last fall (and which he'd hoped to save by hiring Christian Delouvrier as chef recently). In its place, he's planning to open a Japanese restaurant called Brushstroke. [NYT]
• Manhattan's Water Taxi Beach debuted this weekend. [GS]
• Noah Tepperberg's new…
Eating & Drinking: Friday Edition
• Christian Delouvrier, formerly of Lespinasse and Alain Ducasse, is back from Florida and is now behind the stove at David Bouley's Secession. [NYT]
• Jeffrey Chodorow's Kobe Club in East Hampton won't be back this summer. Mediocre, overpriced food will be: It's becoming a branch of Philippe. [NYT]
• As you've…
Eating & Drinking: Wednesday Edition
• There isn't much that impresses Frank Bruni at David Bouley's new Secession. Described as "the menu of an unfocused, distracted mind," the Tribeca spot comes up star-less in today's Times. [NYT]
• Bobby Flay is opening two restaurants next year in the Mohegan Sun. [Eater]
• Top Chef contestant Sam Talbot will…
Secession Comes Up Empty, Josh DeChellis' New Gig
♦ In this week's issue of New York, Adam Platt gives two stars to Brooklyn's Char No. 4. David Bouley's Secession isn't quite as lucky, coming up star-less for its "jumble of tired brasserie conceits." [NYM]
♦ Josh DeChellis has signed on to become executive chef at La Fonda del Sol, the Spanish restaurant inside…
Bruni on Market Table, NYC's First 'Green' Club
♦ Frank Bruni had the economy in mind when he visited Market Table on Carmine Street: The restaurant earns two stars for its reasonably priced menu and comforting atmosphere that's like a "wool blanket, emphasizing good sense over high style." [NYT]
♦ David Bouley's Bouley will be closed tonight in preparation for…
Red Scare: First Americans Ditch America!
The Lakota tribes are seceding from the US and maybe taking control of large swaths of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming, according to "a delegation of Lakota leaders." That delegation includes nutty old Russell Means, who once campaigned for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination…
