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A Cabinet of Clowns
There is the secretary of defense sharing battle plans with his third wife, a former Fox News producer, on Signal. His top aides...
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News From Around the South, 4/21 to 4/28
SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Once in a lifetime opportunity’: Spartanburg Revolutionary War flag acquired by library SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A...

Bronze Alamo Cannon Spared From Mysterious ‘Growing’ Substance
An 18th-century bronze cannon used in the Battle of the Alamo has been the subject of a preservation effort to remove an unusual substance that was growing mysteriously on its surface. The effort, led by a team of specialists from the anthropology department at Texas A&M University, involved the development and application of a special acid solution to get rid of the chalky, white substance,...

Harriet Tubman stripped, then restored to US National Park Service site for Underground Railroad
The National Parks Service has reversed course and restored references of celebrated abolitionist Harriet Tubman to its webpage about the...

South’s Best Barbecue Joints
Each year in our South’s Best poll, we ask our readers to name their picks for the South’s Best barbecue joint in each state. The results have been...
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Bronze Alamo Cannon Spared From Mysterious ‘Growing’ Substance
An 18th-century bronze cannon used in the Battle of the Alamo has been the subject of a preservation effort to remove an unusual substance that was growing mysteriously on its surface. The effort, led by a team of specialists from the anthropology department at Texas...
A Cabinet of Clowns
There is the secretary of defense sharing battle plans with his third wife, a former Fox News producer, on Signal. His top aides have all quit or been fired. The department is leaking like a sieve about its leader. Disarray, they say. He was stunningly unqualified for...
News From Around the South, 4/21 to 4/28
SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Once in a lifetime opportunity’: Spartanburg Revolutionary War flag acquired by library SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A significant piece of local and American history – one no one knew existed for over 200 years – will soon return home to...
The Worst Pope in History
A little over a year ago, I spent a week living and studying at the Vatican as a guest lecturer at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, a university-like organization of scholars that explores ideas of interest to the Vatican. Last year, the Academy addressed...
Harriet Tubman stripped, then restored to US National Park Service site for Underground Railroad
The National Parks Service has reversed course and restored references of celebrated abolitionist Harriet Tubman to its webpage about the Underground Railroad. A quote and image of the legendary freedom fighter — who also served a pivotal role in Beaufort County and...