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The Social Media Connundrum
Washington — It is a reflection of the vulgarity and even the criminality now stalking our society that social media, as it is...
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News From Around the South 1/18 to 1/25
TEXAS: Black Lawmakers Hope To See 'Confederate Heroes Day' Abolished Texas Democratic lawmakers have long tried to remove Confederate Heroes Day...
Pimento Cheese Perfected In The South
The first time I really looked into the history of pimento cheese, I wrote a long article that opened, "Pimento cheese has a dirty little secret. The 'pâté of the South' isn't really very Southern at all." What surprised me most at the time was discovering that this gooey concoction of shredded cheese, mayo, and diced red pimentos—a blend now considered one of the quintessential Southern...
50 Best Movies Set In The Civil War
Running from 1861 to 1865, the Civil War remains the deadliest war ever fought on American soil. The result of various factors, it was ultimately a...
Historians Picked A New Design For the State Flag Of South Carolina. Everyone Hates It.
South Carolina’s new flag design seemed like a fine idea — right up until everyone actually saw it. As it turns out, people hate it. They really,...