News From Around the South, 4/8 to 4/15
FLORIDA: Will a Florida museum on Black history tell whole story? Some worry it won’t Florida’s proposal to create a statewide Black history museum prompted interest, and then glossy reports, from eight communities eager to be the home of a new state institution....
The CIA Wants More Power to Spy on Americans!
Americans need to be aware of the unbridled propensity of federal intelligence agencies to spy on all of us without search warrants as required by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. These agencies believe that the Fourth Amendment — which protects the...
Civil War Pioneers: Meet Some of America’s First Female Nurses
In Arlington National Cemetery's Section 1, you'll find a diverse mix of grave markers, from basic white headstones to massive, ornate monuments commissioned by generals and other U.S. leaders. Among them, you'll also find the graves of 23 pioneering female Civil War...
Democrats Should Reclaim Patriotism
In 1984, at the Republican National Convention in Dallas, a lifelong Democrat stood up to denounce her former party. Jeane Kirkpatrick, who had switched parties to serve as Reagan's U.N. ambassador, lambasted her former party for always "blaming America first." Today,...
News From Around the South 4/1 to 4/8
SOUTH CAROLINA: How Archaeologists Dated Hilton Head's Oldest Structure HILTON HEAD ISLAND — A peculiar building sits beside a busy road on the eastern edge of Hilton Head Island. Its modern roof was built atop centuries-old walls. Its wide, open door frame and...
The Government Attacks the Freedom of Speech
"I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire (1694-1778) Holy Week was not a good week for personal liberty as governments throughout the United States engaged in direct and subtle attacks on free speech....
The 13 Best Southern Restaurants for Biscuits, According to Reviews
Scones and rolls are suitable accompaniments for a feast that sticks to the gut. But when in the South, the supreme side for a skillet dinner (maybe besides corn bread) is bar none the biscuit. Almighty in heft and angelically light, this utilitarian quick bread has...
Today’s Leaders Are Not Living Up to Constitutional Norms
How are America's leaders measuring up against the standards set by the Constitution and the examples of the Founding Fathers? It's a question I've been asking as I seek refuge from contemporary politics in reading and occasionally writing, in my 2023 book "Mental...
News From Around the South 3/25 to 4/1
FLORIDA: At South Florida's Only HBCU, Black History is Taught With No Censorship Professor Msomi Moor has a special greeting for everyone who comes into his African American History class. “Welcome Black,” says the Florida Memorial University professor. FMU is South...
Taking Easter Seriously
"That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event To which the whole creation moves." — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)(ENDITAL) When American colonists were oppressed by British governance, the word most frequently...
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