Winners and Losers
That’s what tax bills are all about — who pays more and who pays less, who gets the benefits and who ends up holding the bag. President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” should come as a surprise to no one. It’s a bonanza for the rich....
The Last Major Confederate Surrender: Smith, Buckner, Shelby, and Price Debate Their Options and Submission in New Orleans, May 26, 1865
Dating when the American Civil War ended is a point of debate. All that can be agreed upon is that the fall of Richmond and Petersburg, followed quickly by Robert E. Lee’s submission at Appomattox, created a chain reaction that assured collapse. Lee and his ability to...
I’m a Harvard Reject
Growing up in the Boston suburbs, in the shadows of Harvard, there was only one school I wanted to go to: Radcliffe, which in those days was the name of the undergraduate school for women at Harvard. I had a great uncle who taught at Harvard Medical School, which is...
News From Around the South, 5/26 to 6/2
TENNESSEE: The flow of time: The Tennessee River in Chattanooga has seen more than 10,000 years of human history The 652-mile-long Tennessee River has seen some things in its time. From Knoxville through to Paducah, people have set up shop along the river’s...Obiter Dicta
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Carolina Day marks 249th anniversary of triumph on Sullivan’s Island SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. — Saturday is Carolina Day, marking the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan’s Island during the Read More