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The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

I've been playing in the public arenas of politics and commentary, of columns and television and campaigns, for long enough not to...

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Dangers of Disease in American Revolutionary War

Dangers of Disease in American Revolutionary War

As America celebrates 250 years of independence, here is a look back at the price the Revolutionary War service members paid for freedom. Besides being killed by the enemy, the thing most feared by soldiers during the war was dying from disease — and with good reason. Historians have said that many more died from disease than from combat. In November 1775, soldiers, led by Continental Army Col....

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The Kindness of Strangers

I've been playing in the public arenas of politics and commentary, of columns and television and campaigns, for long enough not to pretend that it was all warm and fuzzy back then. It was mean and sometimes scary. But mostly not. Even during the "hottest" times, we...

News from Around the South, 4/13 to 4/20

SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Just wonderful’: USC musicians perform at Congaree National Park for country’s 250th birthday In a celebration of American music, the student performers also hoped to introduce more people to classical performances HOPKINS — The birds that usually...

American Heresy

The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. ... They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be...

Dangers of Disease in American Revolutionary War

As America celebrates 250 years of independence, here is a look back at the price the Revolutionary War service members paid for freedom. Besides being killed by the enemy, the thing most feared by soldiers during the war was dying from disease — and with good reason....

Suddenly Accountable: For Social Media Giants, the Party May Be Over

There is lore about the 1862 meeting between Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," — the influential novel about slavery — and former President Abraham Lincoln. "So," President Lincoln is reported to have greeted her, "you're the woman who wrote the...

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