New Mapping Shows Incredible Extent of Antebellum Rice Cultivation
More than 236,000 acres of rice fields spanning 160 miles once covered coastal South Carolina, according to a recent mapping project that used modern tools to document the massive footprint of the Lowcountry’s antebellum rice culture. Building the ponds and dikes and...
Bannon Reveals Plot Against America
In the world according to former President Donald Trump and his apologists, the former president sincerely believed — and still believes — that election fraud and “irregular” voting deprived him of victory in the 2020 election. They will tell you that he...
News From Around the South 7/11 to7/18
SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston Unveils Plaque Describing Horrors of Punishment House for Slaves Until recently, the story of the Charleston Work House received little recognition in the city’s collective memory. That changed a little when Mayor John Tecklenburg unveiled a...
Who Has the Best Fried Chicken in America?
You can find good fried chicken anywhere in America. The essential ingredients — chicken, oil, some sort of breading — are ubiquitous. Hungry customers are everywhere, too, especially given that chicken and deep-fried anything are among the planet’s most reliable...
The Tyranny of the Majority
“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or three thousand tyrants one mile away?” — Rev. Mather Blyes (1706-1788) Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature?...Obiter Dicta
There is lore about the 1862 meeting between Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” — the influential novel Read More
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Louisiana: Legislators could use their campaign cash for clothing if bill passes Louisiana lawmakers might lift a prohibition on using their campaign and political action committee funding to purchase clothing Read More