The Actress Who Become A Spy
In a photograph no bigger than a playing card, a woman dressed in military costume cradles a sword, staring confidently beyond the frame. Her name is Pauline Cushman, an actress turned Civil War spy whose story dances between the boundary dividing history and fiction....
China Is Our Greatest Threat
Ten weeks of protests, some huge, a few violent, culminated Monday with a shutdown of the Hong Kong airport. Ominously, Beijing described the violent weekend demonstrations as “deranged” acts that are “the first signs of terrorism,” and vowed a...
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NORTH CAROLINA: Shopkeeper Offered Chocolate to Those Who Burn Confederate Flag HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A local chocolate maker’s response to Confederate flag bearers has police and town leaders concerned about a greater risk for violence. On July 27, Matthew...
Welcome to Our Times
When the tumult and the shouting have died from the pitch occasioned by the El Paso and Dayton massacres, there may be stillness enough — for a short time, anyway — to accommodate a useful question. How come now? That would be the question. How come not 50 years ago?...Obiter Dicta
The Fourth Amendment protects all persons from warrantless government searches and seizures of their persons, houses, papers and effects. It Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: With location and design selected, SC’s Robert Smalls monument needs funding The monument is expected to cost between $1 million and $2 million for the cost of the Read More