The South’s Strangest Mysteries

The South’s Strangest Mysteries

What is it that attracts us to strange occurrences, things for which there is no explanation? Whatever the reason, most of us are drawn to a good mystery. The odd historical events below range from incidents that could have been hoaxes to those caused by weather. They...
Islam’s Conquest of Europe

Islam’s Conquest of Europe

“Liberalism is the ideology of Western suicide,” wrote James Burnham in his 1964 “Suicide of the West.” Burnham predicted that the mindless magnanimity of liberals, who subordinate the interests of their own people and nations to utopian and...
Biden Counting on South Carolina?

Biden Counting on South Carolina?

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden thinks he can win South Carolina. And that victory, he believes, would hurtle his campaign into a rally toward the Democratic nomination no matter who has already taken Iowa and New Hampshire. He thinks this because two political operatives...
Acclaimed Civil War Doc Gets Facelift

Acclaimed Civil War Doc Gets Facelift

Twenty-five years ago, as the school bell rang and I gathered my books to leave Mrs Bischoff’s American literature class, Mr Goebel, my history teacher, came in to discuss some administrative business. She interrupted him to ask if he “watched it last night”. Without...
Anchor Babies on Trial in Texas

Anchor Babies on Trial in Texas

A federal case moving to trial in Texas could provide a means to stop the practice of extending automatic U.S. citizenship to children born to illegal aliens. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently called for legislation to end that unpopular...
India, China Spur Immigration Wave

India, China Spur Immigration Wave

DALLAS (AP) — Siddharth Jaganath wanted to return to India after earning his master’s degree at Texas’ Southern Methodist University. Instead, he built a new life in the U.S. over a decade, becoming a manager at a communications technology company and...