Broke U.S. Resumes Spending

Broke U.S. Resumes Spending

What would you think of a person who earned $24,000 a year but spent $35,000? Suppose on top of that, he was already $170,000 in debt. You’d tell him to get his act together — stop spending so much or he’d destroy his family, impoverish his kids and wreck...

"A Disease in the Public Mind"

Thomas Fleming’s book A Disease of the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War is specifically about why America fought the Civil War. But it also provides invaluable insights into public policy debates in general. When opposing sides of a...

News from Around the South 10/7 to 10/14

Alabama: Owasco Civil War History Subject of Book OWASCO , Ala. —  Local author Anthony Gero believes his latest work was a story that needed to be told. It’s the story of a young man who learns of his father’s history as a Civil War veteran. A story...