News From Around the South, 10/13 to 10/20
SOUTH CAROLINA: SC Revolutionary War legacy comes to life through interactive exhibits COLUMBIA, S.C. – SC 250, a statewide organization commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War, is bringing an immersive historical experience to all 46 South...
A Constitution of No Authority
What if the whole purpose of the Constitution was to establish and to limit the federal government? What if Congress’s 16 enumerated powers in the Constitution no longer limit Congress but are actually used as a justification to extend Congress’s authority...
Descendants of enslaved man, plantation owner unearth past at Maryland cabin
The families worked with archaeologists and volunteers to sift through soil that had been scooped from the floor of a cabin on the Sotterley Plantation. Gwen Bankins, 61, stood in a hot, cramped cabin in Southern Maryland on a recent afternoon and thought about the...
It Had To End
Too much suffering on both sides. Too much division. Too much danger for Israel to be as isolated and stigmatized as it has become. Too big a rift between American Jews and the homeland we love. Do President Donald Trump and his team deserve credit for taking a major...
News From Around the South, 10/6 to 10/13
NORTH CAROLINA: In a Private Park in North Carolina, Confederate Statues Are Rising Again A state law limits what can happen to a Confederate statue after it is removed. Valor Memorial, a private park, has become a destination for some. Amid the rolling farmland of...Obiter Dicta
Donald Trump’s approval numbers continue to crater. Even Republicans have cooled on the president’s performance. But the president shows no Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: North Charleston Community Seeks to Protect HIstoric Roots NORTH CHARLESTON — For lifelong resident Kerry Gambrell, Liberty Hill has always been home. Gambrell, now in his 60s, grew Read More