Is War With Iran Now Inevitable?
With his declaration Friday that the Iran nuclear deal is not in the national interest, President Donald Trump may have put us on the road to war with Iran. Indeed, it is easier to see the collisions that are coming than to see how we get off this road before the...
Hollywood Moralists Exposed as Hypocrites
On Feb. 28, 2016, the entertainment industry gave the Oscar for best picture to “Spotlight,” a fictionalized version of The Boston Globe’s reporting of sexual abuse and its cover-up within the Catholic Church in Boston. The self-congratulation looks...
NC Civil War Museum Breaks Ground
From the robust public discussion about North Carolina’s legacy of Civil War monuments, it’s clear that – a century and a half after its close – we’re still sorting out how to make sense of that war and memorialize those who fought it. Our state’s Civil War history is...
Trump Embraces the Culture War
To attend the Indianapolis Colts game where the number of the legendary Peyton Manning was to be retired, Vice President Mike Pence, a former governor of Indiana, flew back from Las Vegas. With him in the stadium was wife Karen. In honor of Manning, she wore a No. 18...
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VIRGINIA: Recently Discovered Civil War Letters Trove May Be Largest Ever Found RADFORD, Va. — Southwest Virginia gets limited respect in Civil War history circles, but a recently-discovered cache of letters tied to the Glencoe Mansion Museum may change that. “In my...Obiter Dicta
“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants one mile away?” Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: He died fighting for America’s independence at 14. He’s only just been identified Thirteen of America’s first ever veterans lie beneath a towering pine forest that was once Read More