Trump’s White House Renovation Is Awful — And Fitting
On a sunny morning in May 1984, I reported for a job as first lady Nancy Reagan’s speechwriter. I drove my Toyota Corolla up to the Ellipse, careful to display the special tag permitting me to park quite close to the East Wing, and ventured inside, past the line...
News From Around the South, 8/4 to 8/11
VIRGINIA: Restoration of torn-down Confederate monument will cost $10 million over 2 years, military says ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress will cost...
The Runaway Texas Democrats
“The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” — Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution When the Texas legislature decided to engage in the reapportionment of...
Wreck of Revolutionary War frigate resurfaces on Scottish beach
LONDON — Ferocious winter storms are not unusual on the remote island of Sanday, jutting off Scotland’s northern coast. But when a storm buffeted a beach there last year, a long-buried surprise was revealed beneath the sand: A 30-foot-long wooden shipwreck. The...Obiter Dicta
President Donald Trump argued last week that as a result of the federal enhancement of police work in Washington, D.C., Read More
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NORTH CAROLINA: North Carolina Confederate Monument Goes Too Far, Lawsuit Says A long battle over the pro-slavery words on a Tyrrell County statue intensifies as the Trump administration reclaims Confederate Read More