The South in the Mind

Whether you’re partial to images or prose, attempt to capture the American South and you will soon find yourself deep in a thicket of contradiction. And there, not least among your struggles will be the very challenge of defining where exactly it is that you’ve wound...

News from Around the South 3/12 – 3/17

SOUTH CAROLINA: Museum Offers Free Online Exhibit of Female Civil War-Era Artist The South Carolina State Museum unveiled a new exhibit Saturday, which will be available free online, featuring the work of Addie Sims, a South Carolina artist who worked during the Civil...
War on Women

War on Women

You’ve probably heard that Democratic Party leaders decided that a way to win votes this November is to shout loudly that Republicans wage “war on women.” Politico calls this a “proven, persuasive argument.” Give me a break. The idea of a...

News from Around the South 3/3 – 3/10

SOUTH CAROLINA: Archaeologists Race to Uncover Civil War Prison COLUMBIA, S.C. – Racing against time, South Carolina archaeologists are digging to uncover the remnants of a Civil War-era prisoner-of-war camp before the site in downtown Columbia is cleared to...

Obama Flops on Russia

After Russia invaded Ukraine, demonstrating how Vladimir Putin has zero fear of President Barack Obama, Fox News anchor Bret Baier reran a snippet from the third presidential debate in 2012, showing who felt Russia was a geopolitical threat, and who thought that...

Wall Street & The South

Think of Dixie, and your mind probably conjures something like “Duck Dynasty” — bearded men bouncing along dirt roads in pickup trucks, raucously waving rebel flags. You probably wouldn’t think of black-tied bankers cavorting in the plush ballroom of Manhattan’s St....