Libby's Lottery of Death
One of the primary reasons given for the Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run was the lack of adequate cavalry. In response, Secretary of War Simon Cameron granted permission to prominent men in various Northern states to raise three-year cavalry regiments....Rolling Stone Crumbles
No parent wants to consider the travesty that when he sends his 18-year-old daughter to college, she could be vulnerable to sexual assault. But in the increasingly punitive atmosphere surrounding sexual-assault allegations, he should also fear sending his 18-year-old...News From Around the South 12/1 – 12/8
GEORGIA: Civil War Photo Exhibit Opens WALESKA, Ga. — A unique photo exhibit centering on the Civil War is on display now through Feb. 1 at Reinhardt University in Waleska. “Images of the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea,” from the private collection of...
The Hypocrisy Over Presidential Kids
It’s an obvious rule: Never pick on a president’s family. Elizabeth Lauten, the formerly unknown “communications director” for two-term GOP congressman Stephen Fincher resigned after a national-media feeding frenzy over some stupid words about...Lower Oil Prices = Free Market Victory
Seldom has so much good news been portrayed so negatively. Oil prices continue to fall in the U.S. and around the world, but nearly everyone in the media is grumpy about it. The headlines today are among the silliest I’ve seen: Energy-company stocks are...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