News From Around the South 8/11 to 8/18

  TENNESSEE: Professor Publishes Civil War Diary CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – On a cold night in February 1862, the moans and whimpers of injured Confederate soldiers filled the streets of Clarksville. Hospitals had been set up in local buildings to treat the wounded,...
Disruption, Inc.

Disruption, Inc.

“You can make money without doing evil” is No. 6 on the list of 10 things Google (the corporation) knows to be true. The Google list leaves out a few caveats. Like: You can make more money flouting antitrust laws. You can pay your brainiacs less if they...

Female Re-Enactors Go Both Ways

MOBILE, Ala. — Step onto a Civil War re-enactor’s battlefield and you’ll be surrounded by grizzled, mustachioed soldiers smoking cigars and wielding dangerous-looking period-style weapons. Take a closer look, and you’ll realize some of those...

News From Around the South

VIRGINIA: Confederate Soldier Finally Gets Headstone NORFOLK, Va. — More than 100 years after his burial at Elmwood Cemetery, a Confederate soldier finally has a headstone. About 35 family members, friends and well-wishers recently gathered at the gravesite of...

What Did Clinton Say?

“I’m just saying, you know, if I were Osama Bin Laden — he’s a very smart guy, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about him — and I nearly got him once. I nearly got him. And I could have killed him, but I would have to destroy a little town...