News From Around the South 11/8 to 11/15
VIRGINIA: Three Slain Black Civil War Soldiers Honored With Monument LIGNUM, VA. – On the stunningly sunny and crystal clear, crisp morning of Saturday, Nov. 6, just ahead of Veteran’s Day, some 200 people from far and wide came together in rural Culpeper County,...
Mystery: How Augusta Paper’s Civil War Editor Blamed For Outcome
Here is the mystery of Nathan S. Morse, the war-time editor of The Augusta Chronicle. Here is the mystery of a man so principled, he left his native North, decrying the power grabs of new President Abraham Lincoln. Here is the mystery of a man who came South to...
The Government Lies About Its Secrets
Recently, this column offered a critical analysis of the state secrets privilege. Last week, the government twice brought it to new lows. Here is the backstory. A legal privilege is the ability of a party in litigation to keep a communication from the court and...
News From Around the South 11/1 to 11/8
GEORGIA: Who Will Run Georgia’s Confederate-Themed Stone Mountain Park? Stone Mountain, Ga. — The only bidder for management of Georgia’s Confederate-themed, state-owned Stone Mountain Park is a new firm created by an official of the company that’s pulling out,...More Government Crimes
During the past three weeks, some unexpected government events occurred, exposing more government crimes and lies. In the Supreme Court, the Department of Justice claimed that while the government knows about torture during the presidency of George W. Bush,...Obiter Dicta
Last week the FBI arrested a Wisconsin state judge as she was walking into the courthouse where she works. The Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Once in a lifetime opportunity’: Spartanburg Revolutionary War flag acquired by library SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A significant piece of local and American history – one no Read More