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FLORIDA: Film Document’s Florida’s Contribution to Confederacy COCOA, Fla. – Florida joined the Confederate States of America at the beginning of the Civil War, as third of the original seven states to secede from the Union, following Lincoln’s 1860...
Is ‘Speculation’ News?
At the dawn of 2017, let us offer a philosophical question for the news media. If the scourge of the new year is “fake news,” should we not concede that it’s not news to speculate about what will happen after a news event? The problem is, without...
Democrats Extinct in the South
Consider the political realignment of the South from blue to red complete. Kentucky Democrats lost control of the state house they had held on to for nearly a century — and with it, the party’s last Southern legislative chamber. The development was a year in the...
Can Trump, Putin Avoid Cold War II?
In retaliation for the hacking of John Podesta and the DNC, Barack Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats and ordered closure of their country houses on Long Island and Maryland’s Eastern shore. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that 35 U.S. diplomats would be...Obiter Dicta
In 200-plus years of interpreting the free speech clause of the First Amendment, the courts have narrowed and expanded its 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