Shady Stock Trading by Federal Workers Further Erodes Public Trust in Government
A recent Wall Street Journal investigation found that it’s not just a handful of members of Congress who have traded stocks in ways that appear guided by inside information from government. Thousands of government employees are doing it as well. Among them were...
Echoes of Reconstruction: Losing the “Lost Cause” in Historical Revisionism
The Lost Cause by Edward Pollard is a seminal work in the development of a Southern White historical tradition recalling, celebrating, and interpreting the fallen Confederacy to those who were part of the four-year experiment and to their children and grandchildren....
Thanksgiving Lessons
Thursday, if you eat a nice meal, thank the Pilgrims. They made Thanksgiving possible. They left the Old World to escape religious persecution. They imagined a new society where everyone worked together and shared everything. In other words, they dreamed of socialism....News From Around the South 11/21 to 11/28
VIRGINIA: Virginia Military Institute’s First Black Superintendent Facing Backlash From School Alumni An alumni group of the Virginia Military Institute is publicly questioning why the college’s first Black superintendent was awarded a more “generous” bonus than...Obiter Dicta
In the last days of East Germany, when government officials detected that their power was unraveling, they ratcheted up enforcement Read More
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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