Was Compromise Ever Possible?
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly stirred up controversy on Monday night when, appearing on the Fox News program “The Ingraham Angle,” he said “the lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War.” As many historians have already noted, historically...
Diversity Obsession
A common feature of our time is the extent to which many in our nation have become preoccupied with diversity. But true diversity obsession, almost a mania, is found at our institutions of higher learning. Rather than have a knee-jerk response for or against...
News From Around the South 11/13 to 11/20
VIRGINIA: Robert E. Lee Decamps City Hall for Museum ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The city of Alexandria has quietly removed a portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that hung on the wall of the City Council chambers for 54 years, relocating it to the Lyceum, a local...
Baptists Defend Confederate Flag
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina echoed the Southern Baptist Convention in denouncing racism in a resolution adopted at the state convention’s 2017 annual meeting Nov. 6-7 in Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina Baptists stopped short, however, of endorsing...
Who’ll Be Crying In Their Beer?
WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders found a clever way to combine two passions — tweaking reporters and supporting big tax cuts — during a recent press briefing. She laid out a scenario in which 10 reporters had a beer together every day...Obiter Dicta
The United States invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro, the domestically recognized Venezuelan president, violated the U.S. Constitution Read More
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TEXAS: Restoring fading, damaged Texas historical markers becomes man’s mission What started as childhood resentment for his dad’s mandatory roadside history stops on family vacations has evolved into a full-blown Read More