A columnist for thePhiladelphia Daily News, Nancy French blends her hilarious fish-out-of-water tale with humorous observations about the South's obsession with everything from church attendance to the blue-state notion that red staters think as slowly as they speak.Nancy Frenchis a columnist for thePhiladelphia City Paper, a weekly alternative newspaper (readership of 460,000), in which she addressed issues like politics, religion, and culture with a light, humorous touch. She also the cofounded and maintains the blogre:formationwhich has a large following and focuses on a discussion of today's conservative Right.