Literary Pilgrimages of The South
Book lovers are maniacs. We don’t just devour pages, we look up places mentioned in novels we love, and as soon as we’re set free, we go try to find them. We make pilgrimages to touch the desks of our favorite writers, lay flowers at their graves, or simply walk the...
Eat Without Fear
It’s easy to scare people about what’s in their food, but the danger is almost never real. And the fear itself kills. Take the panic over genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Ninety percent of all corn grown in America is genetically modified now. That...News from Around the South 5/19-5/26
KENTUCKY: Honor for Civil War Battlefield We recently moved one step closer toward designating Mill Springs Battlefield a national park, thanks to Congressman Hal Rogers. Before the House passed H.R. 298, a bill to authorize a National Park Service study on including...In VA Scandal, Accountability for All — Including Congress
While Congress eagerly prepares its latest political stunt — a resolution to oust Gen. Eric Shinseki as Veterans Affairs Secretary — individual members might consider their own responsibility for the scandalous inadequacy of veterans’ health care....Obiter Dicta
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