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Putting ‘Professionals’ in Charge
I'm not one to generally quote Senate Majority Leader John Thune as my authority on Cabinet appointees, but when it came to Bill...
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News From Around the South, 6/8 to 6/15
NORTH CAROLINA: Republicans axe NC State student center as an early voting site Republicans on the Wake County Board of Elections rejected the NC...
The Internet Falls In Love With German World Cup Fan Discovering The South
The 2026 World Cup being hosted by the North American trio of Canada, Mexico and the United States has given plenty of soccer fans all over the world the chance to experience American culture for the first time. If everything you read on social media were true, you would probably be led to believe that everyone outside of the U.S. hates America, Americans and everything associated with the Red,...
June 2, 1863: Harriet Tubman Combahee Ferry raid freed 700 slaves
On June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman, along with Black soldiers, took part in a daring Union raid of Combahee Ferry near Beaufort, South Carolina. She...
Civil War Maj. Gen. Carl Schurz: The Quintessential German American?
Few individuals are more emblematic of the ethnic experience of the Civil War than Carl Schurz. Though not a household name among Union generals,...
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Putting ‘Professionals’ in Charge
I'm not one to generally quote Senate Majority Leader John Thune as my authority on Cabinet appointees, but when it came to Bill Pulte — the housing chief with no national security experience who was President Donald Trump's first choice for Director of National...
News From Around the South, 6/8 to 6/15
NORTH CAROLINA: Republicans axe NC State student center as an early voting site Republicans on the Wake County Board of Elections rejected the NC State University student center as an early voting site for the general election, resisting the fervent pleas of speakers...
A Requiem For Privacy
When President Donald Trump appointed an obviously unqualified friend, a home builder executive, to be acting director of national intelligence, he inadvertently triggered attention to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The director of national...
The Internet Falls In Love With German World Cup Fan Discovering The South
The 2026 World Cup being hosted by the North American trio of Canada, Mexico and the United States has given plenty of soccer fans all over the world the chance to experience American culture for the first time. If everything you read on social media were true, you...
The Right Thing Costs You
"If you're trying to decide what to do, and you only have two choices, do the thing that's hardest," my pop used to tell me. "The right thing is always the hardest thing." Which is how Scott Pelley got canned off "60 Minutes," a television news show that rose to...
