News From Around the South 8/7 to 8/14
NORTH CAROLINA: School Dress Code Bans Confederate Flag, Swastika HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Orange County Schools Monday night approved a revamped dress code that bans the Confederate flag after months of discussions. Just last month, a proposed policy prohibited students...
Regionalization of Democratic Party Benefits GOP in Midterms
The Democratic Party has, for the moment, become a regional party. Only 449 counties across the nation are reliably Democratic. Five times that many — 2,226 — are reliably Republican. The Democratic counties are generally found along the coasts and in large urban...
Confederate Statue Time Capsule Opened
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said he expected to find a “box full of dust” on Tuesday when city workers opened a rusty time capsule found inside a Confederate memorial statue that stood at Lake Eola Park for a century. Instead, city officials found a trove of relics,...
Is A College Education Worth It?
August is the month when parents bid farewell to not only their college-bound youngsters but also a sizable chunk of cash for tuition. More than 18 million students attend our more than 4,300 degree-granting institutions. A question parents, their college-bound...
News From Around the South 7/31 to 8/7
VIRGINIA: Battlefield Offers Civil War Experience PETERSBURG, Va. — The 1st South Carolina Infantry and the 3rd U.S. Infantry will be drilling, presenting firing demonstrations, and presenting programs on Civil War soldier life in battle and beyond on Saturday,...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