News From Around the South 7/20 to 7/27
FLORIDA: Confederate Flag in Panhandle Pits North Against South DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. — Supporters and opponents of the Confederate flag will square off again on Tuesday, this time in a Florida Panhandle community with a geographic twist as...
The Haters of ‘All Lives Matter’
Back in March, the pundits expressed horror at the alleged extremism of the Conservative Political Action Conference. On ABC, NPR correspondent Cokie Roberts insisted “I think the person that won at CPAC was John Kasich. He didn’t show up, and I think...
Flag Backlash Reaches Alaska
FAIRBANKS—University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor Brian Rogers ordered the Mississippi state flag removed from a campus display on Monday morning, citing a growing controversy over the flag’s inclusion of the Confederate battle emblem. U.S. state flags are...
The Failure of the Insanity Defense
Was James Holmes — convicted last week of the 2012 massacre at the Aurora movie theatre — nuts? Of course he was nuts. Does a sane person go into a movie theatre and just start shooting — not for a war or cause — for no reason at all? I mean, if he’s not...
News From Around the South 7/13 to 7/20
Michigan: Protests End Over Kid Rock’s Use of Confederate Flag DETROIT — The recent hoopla over Kid Rock using the Confederate flag in his live shows has developed an interesting twist. Despite what protesters believed, the singer has not displayed the...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