Obiter Dicta
An American in Moscow
When the Trump administration obtained an indictment of Edward Snowden for violation of the Espionage Act of 1917, many of us who...
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News From Around the South 9/26 to 10/3
WEST VIRGINIA: Wirt County Pioneer Days Goes On In Spite Of Cold, Rain ELIZABETH, W.V. — Having an outdoor event at the beginning of October means...
Civil War Medicine: John Chase and the Lasting Legacies of Wartime Medicine
Civil War medicine did not exist in a vacuum only on battlefields and in hospitals. It began long before armies met in combat or men became ill; it began in classrooms, books, and lectures as surgeons and doctors learned and improved their skills and disseminated knowledge. Nor did it end on the battlefield, as surgeons took detailed records to inform future practice. Perhaps most importantly,...
Touring the Best Barbecue in: Eastern North Carolina
As the old saying goes, more often than not, a person’s favorite barbecue is what he or she was raised on. Here at Barbecue Bros, it should be no...
Two West Point Alumni Launch Effort to Honor First Black Soldiers of the Civil War
BEAUFORT — When they were students at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the 1970s, Ben Hodges and Chris Allen learned a lot about the...