Free Speech for Me But Not For Thee - Last week, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission threatened to rescind the broadcast licenses of media entities that do not relate events in Iran or Ukraine as the Trump administration would like them to be related. He also attacked The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times for the same reasons. This followed […]
Southern Living Names Best BBQ Joints in Every Southern State - By Robert Moss Barbecue inspires a special kind of loyalty in the South. When we asked Southern Living readers to name the best barbecue joint in their state, they showed up with strong opinions and even stronger favorites. Readers chose plenty of old standbys, but a few impressive upstarts are also on the hot list. Drumroll, please: […]
The Inexplicable War - Why are we there? Is it because Israel was going to go there first/anyway, or because we wanted Israel to go? What are we doing there? Did we really bomb a girls’ school? How could we have made such a mistake? How can we not take responsibility if we did? You hear it all from […]
News From Around the South, 3/9 to 3/16 - Mississippi-set Sinners wins four Academy Awards Sinners’ extraordinary run has finally come to an end at the Oscars 2026, nearly a year after it was first released in theaters. Ryan Coogler’s Southern Vampire drama had been surging coming into tonight, scoring more Oscar nominations than any other film in history, with 16, and winning the Actor Awards’ coveted […]
Silent Attacks on Personal Freedom - During the first Trump administration, the FBI quietly spent $5 million on Pegasus, an Israeli-developed software product known generically as zero click. Zero click permits the user to download the contents of another mobile or desktop device without tricking the user of that device into clicking on a viral link. When FBI Director Christopher Wray […]
