News From Around the South 12/17 to 12/24
FLORIDA: State Rep. Files Bill to Protect Confederate Monuments Florida House District 1 Rep. Mike Hill has filed a bill that would make it illegal to remove a public monument for any reason other than repairs or relocation to an equally prominent place. The proposed...
Whatever Happened to Skid Row?
WASHINGTON — Homelessness is up for the second year in a row. That is no surprise to me. I spent the last few days in New York City, where it seems the homeless are as numerous as the tourists. They are everywhere. Not that they are not numerous in our nation’s...
The Athens Double Barreled Cannon
Designed by John Gilleland in 1863, the double-barreled cannon was intended to fire two cannonballs attached by a chain so as to create a wider path of destruction. While fantastic in theory, this Confederate experiment never saw use in combat for highly practical...
Can America Fight Two Cold Wars at Once?
Kim Jong Un, angered by the newest U.S. sanctions, is warning that North Korea’s commitment to denuclearization could be imperiled and we could be headed for “exchanges of fire.” Iran, warns Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is testing ballistic...
News From Around the South 12/10 to 12/17
NORTH CAROLINA: Protests and Rallies Mark Winter Commencement in Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — As more than 2,000 UNC students turned their tassels at Sunday afternoon’s commencement ceremony, student protesters and supporters of Silent Sam once again...Obiter Dicta
In the course of his losing race with the teleprompter during his Oval Office address on Dec. 17, President Donald Read More
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GEORGIA: Alicia Johnson sworn in as first Black woman elected to Georgia Public Service Commission Dr. Alicia Johnson was ceremonially sworn in this week as Georgia’s newest Public Service Commissioner, Read More