Memorials Planned for Civil War Britons

Two war memorials – one in Liverpool and the other in the US state of Virginia, where much of the fighting took place – are being proposed by a British group of historians. Although Britain was officially neutral in the conflict, thousands of men born in...

South Most Optimistic

The South just might rise again. Southerners are the most likely to say the city where they live is getting better, according to the latest release from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. In fact, across the country, Americans are becoming more and more...
The Price of Meddling Overseas

The Price of Meddling Overseas

You pay taxes? You contributed to the $2 billion your government gave Egypt this year. And last year. And every year — for 30 years. Most of it went to Egypt’s military. How’s that worked out? Now our government will “cautiously” support...

Re-Enacting Pickett's Charge

On July 3, 2013 in the hot sun of the early afternoon, I stood not too far from the Virginia Monument on Seminary Ridge in Gettysburg.  I’ve stood there many times before and would meditate on what would motivate men to make that long walk to the stone wall under fire...

News from Around the South 7/1 – 7/8

Virginia: Federal Judge Sides with Lexington over Confederate Flag Ban Lexington’s ban on flying the Confederate flag — and other non-governmental colors — from city-owned light poles does not violate a heritage group’s right of free speech, a federal appeals court...