Big Tech and Free Speech
A colleague recently asked me if I approved of Big Tech censoring political and cultural voices on their platforms. My colleague believes — as do I — in natural rights, minimal government and that owners of private property can use it as they see fit. We both...
On The Eve Of War: Little Round Top & Devil’s Den
“Colonel,” Chamberlain said. “One thing. What’s the name of this place? This hill. Has it got a name?” It’s a line from Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels, and it was later translated into film for the movie, Gettysburg. Of course, most Civil War buffs know that...
News From Around the South 4/12 to 4/19
(Caption: Artist’s depiction of a skirmish at Harpers Ferry between local citizens and militia and the raiders. Dangerfield Newby was the first raider to die, killed in a street fight. Harper’s Weekly.) VIRGINIA: Gov. Northam announces winners of historical highway...
The Gaslighting of America
This week, Project Veritas released a video of Charlie Chester, a CNN technical director, talking to a woman who recorded him during what he thought were “dates”; she had purposely targeted him and videoed him surreptitiously. While you might not agree...
What Images Of Black Military Surgeons Reveal About Civil War
When shots were fired at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, the Civil War began—and so did a new era in American photojournalism. But even though the conflict was the first U.S. war to be systematically photographed, photographs of Black Civil War soldiers, 160 years...Obiter Dicta
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Carolina Day marks 249th anniversary of triumph on Sullivan’s Island SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. — Saturday is Carolina Day, marking the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan’s Island during the Read More