HBO: What if the South Had Won?
“What if” has always been the favorite game of Civil War historians. Now, thanks to David Benioff and D.B. Weiss — the team that created HBO’s insanely popular Game of Thrones — it looks as though we’ll get a chance to see that “what if” on screen. Their new project,...
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TEXAS: UT-Austin Removes Confederate Statue in Middle of Night Late Sunday night, 10 days before classes were scheduled to start, workers at the University of Texas at Austin began removing three Confederate statues from a prominent grass mall on campus. The surprise...
Welcome to the Right and Left of Us
The jury is in, and from the glowering looks on all faces, the verdict appears unanimous: The president blew it. What did he mean, the infamy in Charlottesville, Virginia, could be ascribed to “many sides”? His accompanying condemnation of “hatred,...
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NORTH CAROLINA: School Dress Code Bans Confederate Flag, Swastika HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Orange County Schools Monday night approved a revamped dress code that bans the Confederate flag after months of discussions. Just last month, a proposed policy prohibited students...Obiter Dicta
In recent days, the government in America has not only failed to protect the freedom of speech, it has attacked Read More
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VIRGINIA: Mobile museum bringing Virginia history across the Commonwealth CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It is a truck on a mission to teach young students and families about Virginia history. While Read More