News From Around the South 9/14 to 9/21
MARYLAND: State Residents Weigh Removal of Confederate Statues ANNAPOLIS — The Civil War divided many communities and families in Maryland, according to state historians, and mementos venerating forces for both the South and the North began to appear throughout the...
When Liars Debate, Truth Always Loses
Watching the second Republican presidential debate on CNN and its aftermath, millions of Americans learned again what we already know about these candidates: These people embellish, prettify and fabricate their own biographies without hesitation, from Donald...
Is This A Not-So-New South?
Many believed that a new day had dawned in South Carolina when the Confederate flag was finally removed from the Statehouse grounds this past July. But to people with a critical eye, something seemed off about the entire proceeding. The ceremony to lower the...
Purging Confederate Heroes
With that kumbayah moment at the Capitol in South Carolina, when the Battle Flag of the Confederacy was lowered forever to the cheers and tears of all, a purgation of the detestable relics of evil that permeate American public life began. City leaders in Memphis plan...
‘Black Lives Matter’ Movement Getting Blacks Killed
Despite the lack of evidence that there is an increase in cops shooting blacks, let alone shooting blacks unlawfully, a few recent killings of blacks by cops has spawned the so-called Black Lives Matter movement. But over the past 45 years, per the Centers for Disease...Obiter Dicta
In a scene in Robert Bolt’s famous play “A Man for All Seasons,” about the treason trial of St. Thomas Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: New S.C. license plate honors Revolutionary War history COLUMBIA – Beginning Jan. 1, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will issue a newly designed standard license plate that Read More