News From Around the South 3/30 to 4/6
MISSISSIPPI: Ex-UM Student Indicted for Noose on Statue A former University of Mississippi student was indicted Friday on federal civil rights charges for allegedly hanging a rope and a flag featuring the Confederate battle flag around the neck of a statue of James...
Conciliation for Southern Baptists?
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), the policy entity of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), is currently hosting its annual Leadership Summit in Nashville, Tennessee. Reportedly, over 500 Southern Baptist pastors and church leaders are gathered to...
Iran: The Enemy of My Enemy
The forces that do not want a U.S. nuclear deal with Iran, nor any U.S. detente with Iran, are impressive. Among them are the Israelis and their powerful lobby AIPAC, the Saudis and their Sunni allies on the Persian Gulf, a near unanimity of Republicans and a...
News From Around the South 3/23 to 3/30
Georgia: Marietta Receives Regional Award for Civil War Commemoration MARIETTA, Ga. — Marietta city officials on Wednesday received the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 2014 CREATE Community Award in the Community Involvement and Collaboration category for its...
Fastest-Growing Cities in South, West
The fastest-growing big cities in the nation are concentrated in the South and West. As the newly released Census maps below show, cities with populations above 100,000 in those regions grew most between 2000 and 2010, and 2010 and 2013. And not all of them were the...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