Famous Lincoln photo re-examined

Six years ago, amateur historian John Richter rocked the world of Civil War scholars when he downloaded a series of digital photos showing the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery on Nov. 19, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa. In the sea of pixelated faces, Richter...

Only propaganda is 'good journalism'?

Why are liberals in so much denial about liberal bias in the news? Why do they think they’re bending over backward to be “objective” doing that which Republicans see as partisan activism? Daniel Froomkin of the Huffington Post — formerly of The...

The Civil War in One Chart

This chart, digitized by the Library of Congress, depicts major battles, troop losses, skirmishes, and other events in the American Civil War. (Click on the image to arrive at a zoomable version, or visit the LOC’s website.) The “Scaife Synoptical Method,” advertised...

News from Around the South 9/16 – 9/23

Georgia: ‘One Last Mountain’ Premiere Draws Crowd MARIETTA — Hundreds of people packed the Strand Theatre on Sunday night to be some of the first to view “Kennesaw: One Last Mountain,” the new film for the Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield National Park. After...

No restraints

We live in a vicious world. It took about one hour before the Russians started gloating about the Washington Navy Yard massacre. Alexei Pushkov, chairman of a foreign affairs committee in the Russian parliament, tweeted: “A new shootout at Navy headquarters in...

Top 10 Literary Cities of the South

Trish Foxwell’s A Visitor’s Guide to the Literary South is an essential companion for anyone traveling through the South who also happens to love books. Foxwell picked some of the region’s best literary spots for Tip Sheet. Stretching from Virginia...