From Civil War Spy to Legendary Lawman
Pop culture always tells the stories of the outlaws of the Wild West. Lying, cheating, drinking, robbing banks, holding up train cars, getting into shootouts at high noon — these are all objectively cool things that make for great tales, but they’re often overplayed...
Miseducated or Stupid?
A recent Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey found that 51 percent of American millennials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist country. Only 42 percent prefer the latter (http://tinyurl.com/ybsejy3f). Twenty-five...
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Outside Beaufort, America’s ‘Lost Century’ Slowly Coming to Light PARRIS ISLAND — As archaeologist Chester DePratter walked toward the tall stone pillar on this island’s southern tip, he underscored how much our knowledge of one of...
Racism! It’s Everywhere!
It’s sobering how much race dominates the public discourse today. But as long as we’re discussing stereotypes, we should note that leftists and elites are the ones obsessed with race, not the flyover Neanderthals to whom they impute this evil. Give it a...
New Software Solves Civil War Mysteries
Kurt Luther used facial recognition technology and the image on the left as a reference to identify the man in photo on the right as Francis Marion Eveleth. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Library of Congress and Maine State Archives. When Kurt Luther walked...Obiter Dicta
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