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Eager to accept a luxury airliner from the government of Qatar, President Donald Trump is testing the limits of Republicans on Capitol Hill. Usually eager to behave like the servile puppies that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) once described with scorn (before becoming one...
News From Around the South, 5/12 to 5/19
WEST VIRGINIA: On This Day, The American Middle Class Was Born In A Gunfight A dozen armed men wearing dark suits stepped off the noon train in Matewan, West Virginia, on Wednesday, May 19, 1920. Residents knew this was trouble. Out-of-work coal miners, in town to...
On Education, Mississippi Shows the Way
Mississippi leads the nation. That’s not a typographical error. And it’s not just a gotcha phrase, preparing the reader for learning that Mississippi leads the nation on all sorts of negative things. Once upon a time, that was true, and in some respects it...
‘Founding Mothers’ Day’ recognizes SC women’s contributions to The American Revolution
For the inaugural event, historians recalled the siege of Fort Motte, assisted by Rebecca Brewton Motte FORT MOTTE — When Patriot officers told Rebecca Brewton Motte on May 12, 1781, they needed to set fire to her house — which British soldiers had turned into a...
‘People You Should Know’ Is a Love Letter to Bottom-Up Solutions
FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia — Steve Hotz started Black Horse Forge, a nonprofit organization that provides support for veterans, active-duty military personnel and first responders through the ancient art of blacksmithing. The retired sergeant, who served 17 years in the...Obiter Dicta
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