Is Failure Baked In The Cake In Glasgow?
“Colossal Stakes as Leaders Meet to Talk Climate,” ran the headline. “The Last Best Hope,” ran the subhead, which turned out to be a quote from President Joe Biden’s climate czar John Kerry. But these alarmist headings were not atop an...
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NORTH CAROLINA: New Monument Honors Black Civil War Soldiers In the early 1900s, two Civil War memorials — both honoring the Confederacy — were erected in the busy downtown district of Wilmington, N.C. They were meant largely to send a message of intimidation to...
A Press Afraid To Be Free?
In a week, the Supreme Court will decide if it will consider diminishing long-standing protections for the freedom of the press. Here is the backstory. In 1964, at the height of the Civil Rights movement, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed a jury verdict by an...
Stripping Military Bases of Confederate Names Stirs Passions
BLACKSTONE, Va. — Civil War history casts a long shadow in Virginia, the birthplace of Confederate generals, scene of their surrender and now a crossroad of controversy over renaming military bases that honor rebel leaders. In and around Blackstone, about 50 miles (80...Obiter Dicta
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VIRGINIA: SCC commissioner, former NextEra attorney declines to recuse herself from merger case On Tuesday, Virginia lawmakers heard from utility regulation experts on the potential impact of the proposed merger Read More