News From Around the South, 4/14 to 4/21
NORTH CAROLINA: New N.C. bill would introduce AAPI history to school curriculum A new bill in the N.C. General Assembly is calling for Asian American and Pacific Islander history to be taught in public schools. House Bill 835 would launch a statewide K-12 curriculum...
Taking Easter Seriously
“That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event To which the whole creation moves.” — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) When American colonists were oppressed by British monarchs, the word most frequently...
South’s Best Barbecue Joints
Each year in our South’s Best poll, we ask our readers to name their picks for the South’s Best barbecue joint in each state. The results have been fairly consistent in recent few years, with a familiar cast of old favorites tending to bubble to the top. There are...
Obama Speaks Out. Where is George W. Bush?
President Barack Obama finally did last week what so many of us have been waiting for him — and Bill Clinton and George W. Bush — to do. He stood up and spoke out about the threat to our constitutional democracy posed by Donald Trump. There is a very nice tradition...Obiter Dicta
There is the secretary of defense sharing battle plans with his third wife, a former Fox News producer, on Signal. Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Once in a lifetime opportunity’: Spartanburg Revolutionary War flag acquired by library SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A significant piece of local and American history – one no Read More