News From Around The South 12/6 to 12/13
TENNESSEE: African-American Wins New Trial Over Confederate Memorabilia The picturesque jury chamber in the Giles County courthouse in Tennessee featured a giant window with a soaring library, but it had another striking detail: a portrait of Jefferson Davis, the...
Abortion and the Constitution
“The fetus has an interest in having a life.” —Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., Dec. 1, 2021 Last week’s oral argument in the Supreme Court about abortion was both humdrum and arcane. Humdrum because we already knew where the nine justices...
New North Carolina Civil War Center Gets Boost
The N.C. Civil War & Reconstruction History Center, an $80 million project, appears to be on the glide path to construction in Fayetteville thanks to a cash influx approved in the recent state budget. “Absolutely yes, it will be built,” said David Winslow, a...
Putin to Biden: Finlandize Ukraine, or We Will
Either the U.S. and NATO provide us with “legal guarantees” that Ukraine will never join NATO or become a base for weapons that can threaten Russia — or we will go in and guarantee it ourselves. This is the message Russian President Vladimir Putin is...Obiter Dicta
The past few days have featured the vice president of the United States lecturing the pope on morality and church 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