News From Around the South 3/23 to 3/30

News From Around the South 3/23 to 3/30

NORTH CAROLINA: Southern Equality Group Offering Grants to COVID-19 Sufferers ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Campaign for Southern Equality announced on Wednesday it would dedicate $25,000 in emergency assistance funding for LGBT southerners impacted by the COVID-19...
Beware a Government of Fear

Beware a Government of Fear

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) One of my Fox colleagues recently sent me an email attachment of a painting of the framers signing the...
COVID-19 Tests Rural Health Care

COVID-19 Tests Rural Health Care

The COVID-19 coronavirus has arrived in the rural South. Harrison County in central Kentucky is the epicenter of the outbreak in that state; at least six people there have been infected, and more than 150 are self-quarantined. And the main hospital in rural Southwest...
News From Around the South 3/16 to 3/23

News From Around the South 3/16 to 3/23

VIRGINIA: Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Confederate Flag Case LOUISA COUNTY, Va. — A judge is denying a motion by Louisa County to dismiss a lawsuit in connection with a giant Confederate flag. The 30-by-50 foot flag has flown high on private property in the county,...
A Loaves and Fishes Moment

A Loaves and Fishes Moment

There are three accounts in the New Testament of Jesus Christ feeding a multitude of people with a handful of loaves of bread and a few small fish. In the Gospel of Matthew, the number of people is listed as 4,000. In the Gospels of Luke and Mark, the number is stated...