When, If Ever, Can We Lay This Burden Down?
Friday, President Donald Trump met in New Jersey with his national security advisers and envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who is negotiating with the Taliban to bring about peace, and a U.S. withdrawal from America’s longest war. U.S. troops have been fighting in...
News From Around the South 8/12 to 8/19
GEORGIA: State Democrats Embrace Slavery Reparations Proposal ATLANTA — Two of the top Democrats seeking Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat in 2020 are embracing a proposal to examine reparations for the descendants of slaves, a concept senior members of the party shied...
The Actress Who Become A Spy
In a photograph no bigger than a playing card, a woman dressed in military costume cradles a sword, staring confidently beyond the frame. Her name is Pauline Cushman, an actress turned Civil War spy whose story dances between the boundary dividing history and fiction....
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...Obiter Dicta
Since its inception, the government of the United States has inexorably exceeded its powers under the Constitution. All three branches Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: He died fighting for America’s independence at 14. He’s only just been identified Thirteen of America’s first ever veterans lie beneath a towering pine forest that was once Read More