It’s Not Dixie’s Fault
The tragic Charleston, S.C., church shooting, in which nine black worshipers were killed, allegedly by a Confederate-flag-supporting white supremacist, has unleashed a new battle over Southern culture. Confederate monuments have been defaced; leaders have...
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FLORIDA: Confederate Flag in Panhandle Pits North Against South DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. — Supporters and opponents of the Confederate flag will square off again on Tuesday, this time in a Florida Panhandle community with a geographic twist as...
The Haters of ‘All Lives Matter’
Back in March, the pundits expressed horror at the alleged extremism of the Conservative Political Action Conference. On ABC, NPR correspondent Cokie Roberts insisted “I think the person that won at CPAC was John Kasich. He didn’t show up, and I think...
Flag Backlash Reaches Alaska
FAIRBANKS—University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor Brian Rogers ordered the Mississippi state flag removed from a campus display on Monday morning, citing a growing controversy over the flag’s inclusion of the Confederate battle emblem. U.S. state flags are...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