Death in Slow Motion
During the past month, as Americans have been terrified of the coronavirus, another demon has been lurking ready to pounce. It is a demon of our own creation. It is the now amply manifested inability of elected officials to resist the temptation of totalitarianism....
Remembering a Civil War Chaplain
When General Robert E. Lee was engaged at Chancellorsville in May 1863, and when Brigadier General William Barksdale’s Brigade faced an attack by an overwhelming number of Union troops back in Fredericksburg, the man who rode bareback to warn Lee was a small, slightly...
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ALABAMA: Prehistoric Forest Found On Sea Floor Off Coast An ancient forest has been found “entombed” in the floor of the Gulf of Mexico off Alabama, prompting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to orchestrate a study of the haunting site. Among the...
Hope For the Dead at Easter
That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves. — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) When American colonists were oppressed by governance from Britain, the word most frequently uttered...
How Vietnam Shaped the Right
We often misunderstand and underestimate the importance of foreign policy events for domestic politics. Americans tend to treat as a truism the idea that foreign policy makes little difference in elections, and that voters rarely pay attention to what happens outside...Obiter Dicta
According to data from the CDC analyzed by the Williams Institute at UCLA, some 3.3% of American high school students Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston historian uncovers date SC flag was first flown. It’s not the design we know today. A Charleston historian has uncovered brand new information about the first recorded Read More