The New Reconstruction
After George Floyd was killed, Donald Trump sensed an opportunity. Americans, anguished and angry over Floyd’s death, had erupted in protest—some set fires, broke the windows of department stores, and stormed a police precinct. Commentators reached for historical...
Language and Thought
Seventeenth-century poet and intellect John Milton predicted, “When language in common use in any country becomes irregular and depraved, it is followed by their ruin and degradation.” Gore Vidal, his 20th-century intellectual successor, elaborated saying:...
News From Around the South 9/14 to 9/21
TENNESSEE: University of the South Issues Statement Rejecting Previous Veneration of Confederacy, Slave Owners SEWANEE, Tenn. — The Board of Regents for the University of the South in Sewanee has posted a letter that university officials hope will mark a break from...
A Constitution of Some Authority
A federal court in Pennsylvania this week has become the first in the nation to rule that the lockdown, social distancing and essential workplace regulations imposed by Gov. Tom Wolf are unconstitutional. The judge found that the governor’s orders were so...
How the Civil War Drove Medical Innovation — And the Pandemic Could, Too
The current COVID-19 pandemic, the largest public health crisis in a century, threatens the health of people across the globe. The U.S. has had the most diagnosed cases – surpassing 6 million – and more than 180,000 deaths. But six months into the pandemic, the U.S....Obiter Dicta
On the eve of our nation’s 249th birthday, a Gallup poll finds that only 58% of Americans feel “extremely” or Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: SC Play Tells Story Of Gullah Geechee Experience During Revolutionary War When George Washington goes to heaven in the Gullah Traveling Theater’s telling of the American Revolution, Saint Read More