Monument: The Untold Story of Stone Mountain
Atlanta History Center explores the controversial history of the Stone Mountain carving through a documentary film and online resources. The carving on the side of Stone Mountain is the largest Confederate monument in the world. The mountain is engraved with a...
The Other Shoe
The other shoe just dropped. Or maybe it’s the first shoe. It’s a new committee to keep an eye on the way the government collects information on private citizens. Good idea? Sure, why not. As the new speaker, Kevin McCarthy, put it, “Government...
News From Around the South 1/9 to 1/16
TENNESSEE: Nashville Suburb Sues State Historical Commission Over Confederate-Named Streets During the late 1950s and early 1960s — in an era marked by desegregation and white flight — a pair of real estate development firms built a residential enclave in the...
A Government By Experts
I have often thought that after Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson was our worst president. By worst is meant least faithful to the Constitution and most destructive of personal liberty. With the exception of Lincoln’s dictatorship — during which the federal...Obiter Dicta
In a famous Supreme Court one-liner, reminding the legal community of the finality of the court’s rulings, the late Justice Read More
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MARYLAND: Frederick, Maryland, had an active role in Revolutionary War Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told Read More