Maher v. Affleck: Maher Should Apologize
Actor Ben Affleck, star of the hit film “Gone Girl,” recently appeared on Bill Maher’s HBO show along with Sam Harris, author of the book “Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion.” Maher and Harris accused Affleck of ignoring...News from Around the South 9/29 – 10/6
VIRGINIA: Re-Enactor Assumes Identity of Man who Lived Near Battlefield APPOMATTOX, Va. — Three times per week, Christopher Bingham lives in a time of horses and candlelight, far removed from the cars driving past the Appomattox Court House National Historic...SMELL: Senses of the Civil War
From the odious stench of soldiers who had marched for hundreds of miles in the same uniform, to the pleasant wisps of Virginia tobacco which lingered ’round the camp fire, the Civil War owned well more than just a few distinct scents. Here are a few ways...Reagan Had it Easy?
They don’t hand out master’s degrees in revisionist history, but if they did, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman might deserve one. Obama is mired in a geopolitical mess of his own making, from the Ukraine to the ISIS menace, yet Friedman’s...News From Around the South 9/22 – 9/29
Georgia: $1.1M Expansion Underway for Southern Museum KENNESAW, Ga. — During a groundbreaking Friday, Mayor Mark Mathews said the city of Kennesaw is seeing another of its dreams fulfilled. The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History kicked off a $1.1...Obiter Dicta
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