News From Around the South 10/20 to 10/27
SOUTH CAROLINA: Sword swap: Statue of general who died after Battle of Camden briefly disarmed for repair A statue in Maryland’s capital honoring Maj. Gen. Baron Johann DeKalb is looking a little different lately. The 139-year-old bronze statue on the south side of...
A Trumpian Headache
President Donald Trump’s use of the U.S. military to kill persons on speed boats in international waters, or in territorial waters claimed by other sovereign nations — all 1,500 miles from the U.S. — has posed grave issues of due process. The...
Fallen Confederate Statues Take Center Stage in the Year’s Boldest Show
“Monuments,” a group exhibition in Los Angeles, led by Kara Walker, places contemporary art face to face with statuary removed in the last decade. A centaur is an uncanny thing, part-man, part-horse, that lives in a cave but trots through the city. In classical Athens...
Peace Isn’t A Deal
House Speaker Mike Johnson, a quick study in the art of laying it on thick, announced that he was teaming up with Israel’s Knesset speaker to invite parliamentary leaders from around the world to jointly nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize — and for nothing...
News From Around the South, 10/13 to 10/20
SOUTH CAROLINA: SC Revolutionary War legacy comes to life through interactive exhibits COLUMBIA, S.C. – SC 250, a statewide organization commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War, is bringing an immersive historical experience to all 46 South...Obiter Dicta
DONEGAL, Pennsylvania — It is 6:14 p.m. on a Thursday. You’re hiking along the Forbes Trail, nestled deep in the Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Sword swap: Statue of general who died after Battle of Camden briefly disarmed for repair A statue in Maryland’s capital honoring Maj. Gen. Baron Johann DeKalb is looking Read More