• Don't hate us just because we're beautiful
One newspaper called it "a head-scratcher." A tourism official in DeKalb County grumbled that it should've included mountains.

• Why pick Palin apart, when it's not her fault?
It was not supposed to end this way.

• On the eve of the election, some advice
Dear Sarah,

• The Times joins the ranks of the prejudiced
Seeing The New York Times come to the Deep South to make fun of the region one more time before Election Day reminded me my three favorite stories about Southerners' entanglements with outsiders.