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Both Sides Now: The Cons and Pros of ‘Operation Epic Fury’
A young lawyer once asked an old Washington hand what to expect when he went down to work for a U.S. Senate committee. The old hand,...
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News From Around the South, 2/23 to 3/1
VIRGINIA: Virginia just took a big step toward confronting climate change I’m excited to share that Virginia just took a huge step...
The Last Class of the Dean of Southern Cuisine
Down in Savannah, over on Waters Avenue, in the shadow of Memorial Health University Medical Center, lies a quaint, cloud-rain-gray cottage. Compared to the stately homes farther up the street, it’s just a slip of a thing, easily missed. The only indication of the marvel inside is a small sign, with a toque logo and “Chef Joe Randall’s Cooking School” printed in tall, stately script. At the...
Traveling the Blues Highway—‘the root of all American music’
Samuel Reuben Kendrick, my great-grandfather, was born a slave in Alabama. In 1888 he founded a farming community called New Africa on 160 acres he...
A History of Potlucks in the South
"What's your potluck dish?" Here in the South, it's a question one might ask of a potential employee, church committee member or even a spouse. It's...