News From Around the South, 12/11 to 12/18
GEORGIA: Fulton County Court Finds 200-Year-Old Records Exposing Slavery in the South FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – Hundreds of historic documents dating back to slavery have been discovered among Fulton County Probate Court records. Inside the records room of Fulton...
In Defense of Free Speech and Free Silence
“I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” — Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists’ grievances with the British government....
The Many Ways JFK’s Assassination Re-Shaped Dallas Forever
On Nov. 22, 1963, a series of shots rang out in Dealey Plaza just as President John F. Kennedy’s open limousine passed through. The president was fatally wounded — and Dallas would never be the same. Why it matters: Those five seconds changed the arc of global...
Yes, Anti-Zioniam is Antisemitism
Imagine a group of people who work to destroy Italy because, they claim, Italy’s origins are illegitimate. Imagine further that these people maintain that of all the countries in the world, only Italy doesn’t deserve to exist. Then imagine that these...Obiter Dicta
So now all the babies born to undocumented parents in the 28 states that didn’t challenge President Donald Trump’s executive Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Carolina Day marks 249th anniversary of triumph on Sullivan’s Island SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. — Saturday is Carolina Day, marking the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan’s Island during the Read More