http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/arkansas Comments for "Arkansas" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/tax_expert_ken_la_ark_but_not_w_va#comment-9724 <p>West Virginia was separated from Virginia at the point of a gun and remained separated due to feelings of the people in the mountains toward maintaining the union. I do believe in recent history, non-binding resolutions in both states were asking about joining the two Virginias back together.</p> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:47:51 -0400 tangoz comment 9724 at http://projects.newsobserver.com http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/the_definition_of_southeast#comment-9676 <p>Your list of Southeastern states is reasonable. I usually think of the Southeast as the old Confederacy minus Texas. That would exclude Kentucky. </p> <p>You may want to ask John Shelton Reed (http://www.unc.edu/depts/uncspeak/reed.html), prof. emeritus at UNC-CH. I once heard him lecture on how people define where the South is and who is/isn't a Southerner. Very interesting.</p> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:01:04 -0400 awbeal comment 9676 at http://projects.newsobserver.com