News From Around the South 5/14 to 5/22
FLORIDA: Miami Man Charged With Mosque Bomb Threat Posted Confederate Flag Online MIAMI — Last October, Cutler Bay resident Dustin Hughes stamped his profile picture with an image of a Confederate flag and the message “Heritage not hate.” But hate is...
It Didn’t Used to Be This Way
One telling detail keeps escaping the men and women of words who would end school shootings by one expedient or another: gun control, better security, the arming of teachers, more careful vetting of potential gunmen and so forth. The detail of which I speak: We...
Winn-Dixie Bankruptcy Approved
Winn-Dixie’s parent company Southeastern Grocers plans to emerge from bankruptcy in “coming weeks,” after a judge approved its reorganization plan on Monday, officials said. Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
‘Dixie’ Reveals South’s Culture, History
The history of Dixie is as messy as it is long: a southern folk song that was claimed to be written by an Ohioan, as well as a favorite tune of Abraham Lincoln that was later claimed as a spoil of war. ‘Dixie,’ used both to celebrate and indict the south, was...
Denying Trump’s Accomplishments Irrational
Some people still can’t stomach the idea of a Donald Trump presidency and so remain in denial about his mounting policy successes, but their resistance is looking increasingly proud and petty. It’s risky to predict future trends, especially the political...Obiter Dicta
1. On Jan. 1, 2027, Joe Biden will be a. A criminal defendant in a case brought by the Trump Read More
Recent Posts
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