News from Around the South 1/7 – 1/14

News from Around the South 1/7 – 1/14

Alabama: New Details Learned of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls HUNTSVILLE — Robert Smalls achieved so many amazing deeds during his life, it’s understandable why much of his heroic history is unknown, even to his descendants, Benjamin and Mary Smalls of...
Freedom Lost

Freedom Lost

If you see Kris Kristofferson around, please tell him thanks for writing the line “freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose” in his song “Me and Bobby McGee.” That thought is sage and very appropriate for America in the year...
South Attracts Most Newcomers

South Attracts Most Newcomers

Not as many people are moving between states as they were in earlier decades, but those who do move are choosing to move to the South. In fact, according to new Census Bureau data released this week, the Southern region of the United States* is the only one to show a...
Gun Control in South?

Gun Control in South?

E.G. Smith gathered with his son, daughter and some family friends recently to shoot skeet at the Nashville Gun Club’s complex off County Hospital Road. “It’s just a thing you do, like fishing,” Smith said. Smith, 60, also owns guns for self-defense at his home in...
A Man's Home…

A Man's Home…

The Obama administration now proposes to spend millions more on handouts, despite ample evidence of their perverse effects. Shaun Donovan, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, says, “The single most important thing HUD does is provide...
Fiscal Cliff Vote Shows Dixie's Clout

Fiscal Cliff Vote Shows Dixie's Clout

When the last key vote was taken in the out-going 112th Congress, a marked sectional divide was made clear. Non-Southern GOPers voted in favor of the compromise by 70 to 67. Among the Republicans from the South, however, the vote was overwhelmingly against the deal,...