Trump: Competent, Conventional President Abroad
What a difference a week makes. On May 19, President Donald Trump took off in Air Force One for the Middle East and Europe. He left behind a Washington and a nation buzzing about his firing of FBI Director James Comey, the multiple reasons he had given for doing so,...
Mexicans Died, Lincoln Won
Few Americans are aware of Hispanics fighting for the United States before there was a United States. In 1779, 220 of Hispanics reached what is now St. Louis before 1200 Brits and Indian allies did — defeated the enemy and chased them back to Canada. That was...
How to Live in Peace
Millions of people love Apple computers and wouldn’t be caught using a PC. By contrast, there are many millions of PC users who feel the same way about Apple computers. Many men like double-breasted suits, but I wouldn’t be caught dead in one. Some people...
News From Around the South 5/15 to 5/22
MISSISSIPPI: NAACP Asks NCAA to Moved Tournament From Mississippi JACKSON, Miss. — A civil rights group is asking the NCAA to move a regional softball tournament out of Mississippi because the state flag contains the Confederate battle emblem. Mississippi is the last...
Anger Games
“Hate is a more powerful motivator than love.” According to the new Netflix documentary “Get Me Roger Stone,” that is one of the “rules” the self-described Republican “agent provocateur” has lived by. Stone, of course,...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