New Mind of South
“The New Mind of the South” By Tracy Thompson. Simon & Schuster, 263 pps., $26. Whatever you think the South represents, it is Tracy Thompson’s contention that it’s morphing into something else. “The New Mind of the South” is her collection of essays on what a...
Who Speaks for GOP?
Last Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul rose on the Senate floor to declare a filibuster and pledge he would not sit down until either he could speak no longer or got an answer to his question about Barack Obama’s war powers. Does the president, Paul demanded to know, in...
News from Around the South 3/4 – 3/11
Virginia: Civil War Sailors Buried ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — More than 150 years after the USS Monitor sank off North Carolina during the Civil War, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad’s turret when it was raised a decade ago were buried Friday at Arlington...
New Civil War Projects Announced
WASHINGTON — Four major universities are joining theater companies in Boston, Baltimore, Washington and Atlanta in a project to commission new plays, music and dance compositions about the Civil War and its lasting legacy. The National Civil War Project announced...Obiter Dicta
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SOUTH CROLINA: Preservationists hope SC battlefield’s designation as endangered will boost attention Hanging Rock Battlefield is one of 11 of the most endangered historical places in the country, a national Read More