News from Around the South 2/11 – 2/18

News from Around the South 2/11 – 2/18

Virginia: USS Monitor Burials to be Interred at Arlington Cemetery RICHMOND, Va. — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says the remains of two unknown Union sailors recovered from the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery on March 8. In...
State of the Union?

State of the Union?

We’ve heard another State of the Union speech, and my president said grand things like: “Think about … a future where we’re in control of our own energy … I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China … I will not...
Rescuing the Post Office

Rescuing the Post Office

Red ink has seized the U.S. Postal Service corpus like a cancer. The post office’s life-saving prescription is to amputate a limb — the organization this week announced that starting in August it intends to discontinue Saturday delivery of the mail. That may...
Southern BBQ

Southern BBQ

A chilly day and I am thinking of starting the hickory fire and putting some pork on the smoker.  BBQ – perhaps the most discussed, fought over, and eaten jewel in all of Southern cooking. As a  chef of l’étoile in Charlottesville, I may know a thing or two about it....
Developers Eye Civil War Battlefields

Developers Eye Civil War Battlefields

In Atlanta, just minutes away from city offices and downtown attractions, 14 acres of brush and woods have caught the eye of apartment housing developers. That in itself is nothing new. But what makes those 14 acres special is this: The prime piece of in-town real...