News from Around the South 2/11 – 2/18
Virginia: USS Monitor Burials to be Interred at Arlington Cemetery RICHMOND, Va. — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says the remains of two unknown Union sailors recovered from the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery on March 8. In...
State of the Union?
We’ve heard another State of the Union speech, and my president said grand things like: “Think about … a future where we’re in control of our own energy … I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China … I will not...
Rescuing the Post Office
Red ink has seized the U.S. Postal Service corpus like a cancer. The post office’s life-saving prescription is to amputate a limb — the organization this week announced that starting in August it intends to discontinue Saturday delivery of the mail. That may...
Southern BBQ
A chilly day and I am thinking of starting the hickory fire and putting some pork on the smoker. BBQ – perhaps the most discussed, fought over, and eaten jewel in all of Southern cooking. As a chef of l’étoile in Charlottesville, I may know a thing or two about it....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