Moving From A House That Became A Home
MT. LEBANON, Pa. — It really was never supposed to be my forever home. Two years ago, I took one last look at what had been home for most of my adult life and decided to say thank you instead of goodbye. Thirty-one years earlier, I crossed the threshold of 260 with a...
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VIRGINIA: Richmond Removes Last City-Owned Confederate Statue RICHMOND, Va. — (AP) — The city of Richmond — the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War — removed its last city-owned Confederate statue Monday, more than two years after it began to purge...
Do Americans Even Know How To Agree?
Paging through the latest survey research from More in Common, I came upon a phrase that deserves to be carved in stone: “conflict entrepreneurs.” You know them. They are the arsonists who incessantly inflame every disagreement in order to boost their own...
Official’s Decision to Reject Chapel Wall Shielding Lee Statue Upheld
Conservative voices in Lexington carry a new cry, “Build no wall,” not on the southern U.S. border, but inside the University Chapel at Washington and Lee University. The university’s effort to erect a wall inside the chapel that would shield a statue of one of its...Obiter Dicta
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NORTH CAROLINA: Two ‘Human’Caused’ Fires Found at 16th Century Historic Site Two fires were discovered simultaneously at a North Carolina historic site dedicated to England’s first settlements on the continent — and Read More