Book Review: Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War
While some studies on Civil War memory appeared in the early and mid-twentieth century, those associated with the beginnings of a widening scholarly emergence on this topic focused primarily on Confederate subjects, particularly the Lost Cause. Books like Gaines M....
Why the CBO Almost Always Gets It Wrong
These days it seems that a mysterious group called “the CBO” rules the world, or at least Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, it’s not very good at predicting things, and its bad calls can lead to bad policy results. The Congressional Budget Office and...
News From Around the South, 6/2 to 6/9
GEORGIA: Young Slime Life trial ends, but legislation it spawned still has life in Georgia ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A case against several high profile rap artists, the longest trial in Georgia’s history, essentially ended on Monday. With the final...
Winners and Losers
That’s what tax bills are all about — who pays more and who pays less, who gets the benefits and who ends up holding the bag. President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” should come as a surprise to no one. It’s a bonanza for the rich....Obiter Dicta
The deployment of California National Guard troops and active-duty U.S. Marines onto the streets of Los Angeles is an assault Read More
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GEORGIA: Young Slime Life trial ends, but legislation it spawned still has life in Georgia ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A case against several high profile rap artists, the Read More