SEE The Civil War
Did you know that you can experience many of the same sights that civilians and soldiers would have encountered during the Civil War? Use this list to guide your visual experience of the War Between the States. Preserved Battlefields The Civil War was fought over four...News from Around the South 9/15 – 9/22
VIRGINIA: Strasburg Battle Significant FISHER’S HILL, Va. — The rolling hills and tree-dotted slopes of the Fisher’s Hill battlefield stand precisely as they did 150 years ago, according to Richard Kleese. Kleese, a Civil War historian and author...
Immigration is American
Conservatives rightly point out that America is a nation of laws. No one should be exempt. That’s why many oppose amnesty and other paths to citizenship for illegal immigrants who are here now. “If they want to be in America,” the argument goes,...News From Around the South 9/1 – 9/8
KENTUCKY: McConnell Promotes Civil War Battlefield for National Park Status U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced legislation Tuesday to support making Mill Springs Battlefield in Southern Kentucky part of the national park system. McConnell’s...Why is the South Still Poor?
Across red-state America, especially in the Deep South, recent statistics—such as these Huffington Post graphics—show that the cycle of poverty, in its many manifestations, is unchanged and holding firm. Why is this? It’s easy to say this is how Republicans like to...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