News From Around the South 9/14 to 9/21
MARYLAND: State Residents Weigh Removal of Confederate Statues ANNAPOLIS — The Civil War divided many communities and families in Maryland, according to state historians, and mementos venerating forces for both the South and the North began to appear throughout the...
When Liars Debate, Truth Always Loses
Watching the second Republican presidential debate on CNN and its aftermath, millions of Americans learned again what we already know about these candidates: These people embellish, prettify and fabricate their own biographies without hesitation, from Donald...
Are Sherman’s Weapons Still Live?
SOUTH CAROLINA: Did Sherman Dump Munitions Cache in Congaree? COLUMBIA, SC — State, local and federal agencies should know this fall whether explosives from the Civil War lie in the sediment of the Congaree River below the Gervais Street bridge in downtown...
Is This A Not-So-New South?
Many believed that a new day had dawned in South Carolina when the Confederate flag was finally removed from the Statehouse grounds this past July. But to people with a critical eye, something seemed off about the entire proceeding. The ceremony to lower the...Obiter Dicta
One of the defining failures of modern American government has been the steady erosion of Congress’s constitutional authority over war. Read More
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