A Name Under Siege
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — On the fourth floor of the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, on a top shelf just to the left of the map collection, lie more than a dozen books that profile one famous Memphian: Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. There are the old ones,...
Equality v. Liberty
President Barack Obama says income inequality is “dangerous … the defining challenge of our time.” The pope is upset that capitalism causes inequality. Progressives, facing the failures of Obamacare, are eager to change the subject to America’s...News from Around the South 12/31 – 1/6
North Carolina: Female Reenactors Celebrate Fort Fisher Anniversary WILMINGTON, N.C. — While Confederate soldiers attempted to defend Fort Fisher in the waning months of the Civil War, most of the women in their lives had spent years keeping the farms going,...News from Around the South 12/16 to 12/23
FLORIDA: School District Will Rename High School Named for KKK leader JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Following a petition drive that garnered more than 160,000 signatures, a Florida school district will rename a high school whose current name commemorates a Confederate...Civil War Homefront
As we observe the 150th anniversary of the 1863 Civil War battles, like Gettysburg, we remember the soldiers fighting on the battlefields. The book Stitch of Courage by Linda K. Hubalek portrays the women left at home during this time frame, hearing about the Civil...Obiter Dicta
Thomas Cromwell was the Lord Chancellor of England for much of the reign of King Henry VIII. He engineered the Read More
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LOUISIANA: LSU struggles with multimillion-dollar athletics deficit: ‘We’ve got to stop that bleeding After years of minimal profits, LSU athletics is now tens of millions of dollars in the red. Read More