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...
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...
Moultrie family was among those fractured by the American Revolution
Many Charlestonians have at least a passing knowledge of Gen. William Moultrie, hero of the American Revolution, commander of a miraculous victory in the 1776 Battle of Sullivan’s Island. They renamed the fort there in his honor. Gen. William Moultrie File/Provided...
The Downfall of ICE Barbie
I’m the last person to defend her. For starters, I’m a dog lover and shooting a puppy you “hate” because you couldn’t train her to hunt pheasant is no way to win my respect. The fact that she told the story on herself in her...Obiter Dicta
Why are we there? Is it because Israel was going to go there first/anyway, or because we wanted Israel to Read More
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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 Read More