News From Around the South 9/3 to 9/10
SOUTH CAROLINA: Clemson Student Government Condemns Flag Displays CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson University’s undergraduate Student Senate condemned a recent display of Confederate flags near the campus as a symbol of slavery, racism and white nationalism, continuing a...
Social Networks Shutting Out Conservatives
Testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill this week, executives from Twitter and Facebook did little to assuage conservatives’ legitimate concern that they’re being unfairly censored on social media while liberal voices are...
News From Around the South 8/27 to 9/3
NORTH CAROLINA: UNC to Relocate Toppled Statue CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University of North Carolina will seek a “safe, legal and alternative location” for a Civil War Confederate soldier statue that was toppled last week on campus and criticized as a symbol of...
How Colleges Should Handle Their Kellyannes
Even before Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, coined the phrase “alternative facts” about the size of the crowd at the 2017 inauguration, my inbox was bulging with messages about her role in Trump’s election. Conway, Trump’s campaign manager...
Antebellum Congress Hotbed of Violence
Scuffles seem to break out in parliaments and legislatures around the world. The last few years saw a brawl in Taiwan, a face-punch in Ukraine and a mass fight in South Africa. The floor of the U.S. Congress is home today to plenty of verbal abuse and name-calling,...Obiter Dicta
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