Donald Trump’s Seven Days in May
In a period of seven days this month, President Donald Trump fired James Comey as director of the FBI and was accused of sharing top-secret intelligence data with the Russian foreign minister and the Russian ambassador to the United States, the latter a known Russian...
News From Around the South 5/8 to 5/15
NORTH CAROLINA: Is Taking Confederate Flag Off Wreath at Confederate Memorial Violating Free Speech? CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The descendant of a Confederate soldier is accusing the Lancaster County Council of violating his free speech rights in removing two small...
Tempers Flare Over Statue Removals
NEW ORLEANS — For Malcolm Suber, the Confederate monuments that dot this Deep South city stand for white supremacy, pure and simple. Instead of just taking them down, Mr. Suber, an African-American activist and organizer, would like to see the city pass out...
Chaos and the Commentariat
WASHINGTON — It is probably too early in our 45th president’s tenure to evaluate how his critics, both those on the left and those on the right, are appraising him. His critics on the right, such as Bill Kristol and George F. Will, have calmed their criticisms...News From Around the South 5/1 to 5/8
MISSISSIPPI: Black Lawmakers Protest Over Confederate Emblem JACKSON, Miss. — In part of a sweeping debate about the public display of Confederate symbols across the South, some black legislators in Mississippi say they are boycotting a regional meeting that their own...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