China Is Our Greatest Threat
Ten weeks of protests, some huge, a few violent, culminated Monday with a shutdown of the Hong Kong airport. Ominously, Beijing described the violent weekend demonstrations as “deranged” acts that are “the first signs of terrorism,” and vowed a...
News From Around the South 8/5 to 8/12
NORTH CAROLINA: Shopkeeper Offered Chocolate to Those Who Burn Confederate Flag HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A local chocolate maker’s response to Confederate flag bearers has police and town leaders concerned about a greater risk for violence. On July 27, Matthew...
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When the tumult and the shouting have died from the pitch occasioned by the El Paso and Dayton massacres, there may be stillness enough — for a short time, anyway — to accommodate a useful question. How come now? That would be the question. How come not 50 years ago?...
National Parks Face Human Threat
Retired National Parks Service Mason Dominic DeRubis works on the cannon casemate wall at Fort Sumter to mend the crumbling brick work at the historic landmark. Tim Stone spreads his hands defenselessly on top of the wall of Fort Sumter that faces the Charleston...
Who Needs Sweden Anyway?
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump crowed Friday when a Swedish judge released New York rapper A$AP Rocky from custody pending the judge’s verdict on an assault charge. The verdict will be announced on Aug. 14. “A$AP Rocky released from prison and on his...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