A Well-Deserved Takedown of the California Political Class
WASHINGTON — Actress Sara Foster captured the rage of many Angelenos who have watched their city burn from the Palisades to Altadena in one social media post: “We pay the highest taxes in California. Our fire hydrants were empty. Our vegetation was overgrown,...
News From Around the South, 1/6 to 1/13
SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. Parks Dept. Seeks $18M to Open Four New State Parks COLUMBIA — Four new state parks could open in 2025, if South Carolina’s parks department receives the $18 million it has requested from the state Legislature. The planned parks would join 48 the...
Damn the Acquiescence
It’s important in a democracy that the losing side grapple with its defeat and learn the right lessons for next time. A certain amount of reflection and self-criticism is healthy, but we’ve blown past that point and are in danger of over-interpreting the...
When did the Civil War begin? Most say April 1861, but many historians say it started earlier.
Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this week, Jan. 5-9, 1861. To pick up where we left off in our last column,...Obiter Dicta
Eager to accept a luxury airliner from the government of Qatar, President Donald Trump is testing the limits of Republicans Read More
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WEST VIRGINIA: On This Day, The American Middle Class Was Born In A Gunfight A dozen armed men wearing dark suits stepped off the noon train in Matewan, West Virginia, Read More