News From Around the South, 3/10 to 3/17
GEORGIA: A new push to change Georgia law concerning Stone Mountain’s Confederate monument Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park — once home to the Ku Klux Klan and the site of the largest Confederate carving in the country — has been a point of contention for...
Good for the Jews? No.
I probably don’t agree with anything Mahmoud Khalil has to say about Israel. He’s the Columbia University student activist who has been arrested and threatened with deportation in the name of fighting antisemitism. Trampling on free speech rights is no way...
How Racial Realignment Ignited the Culture War
How did Americans become politically divided on culture war topics like guns, abortion, women’s role, gay rights, and environmentalism? The common story is that it took polarizers from the top: politicians and activists associated with each party moved the public to...Want to Soak the Rich? Tax University Endowments
Republicans are searching for ways to “pay for” their tax cuts. Democrats want the rich to pay more tax. Here’s a solution that should make everyone happy. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith is suggesting a tax on the $840 billion...Obiter Dicta
Last week the FBI arrested a Wisconsin state judge as she was walking into the courthouse where she works. The Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Once in a lifetime opportunity’: Spartanburg Revolutionary War flag acquired by library SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A significant piece of local and American history – one no Read More