Southern Candidates?
ATLANTA—For decades, Southerners put a firm imprint on national politics from both sides of the aisle, holding the White House for 25 of the past 50 years and producing a legion of Capitol Hill giants during the 20th century. But that kind of obvious power has waned...
Missed Opportunities
Here’s the good news for Mitt Romney: In the first two debates, he established himself as President Barack Obama’s equal on the events of the day. The governor is well versed on the issues and has shown a mastery of both foreign and domestic policy....
News from Around the South, Oct. 11-18
Arkansas: State Honors Young Civil War Hero By Bruce Walker, The New American “War is hell,” William Tecumseh Sherman once said. The American Civil War was a dark chapter in America’s history. Yet it did produce those who merited respect and honor....
Obiter Dicta
Global Warming and the Death of the Long View It’s the sad fact of our culture today that no one likes the long view. The long view is a bad sound bite. The long view doesn’t inspire anger or passion. Putting issues into proper perspective, which generally...
Behind the Benghazi Cover-Up
On Sept. 11, scores of men with automatic weapons and RPGs launched a night assault on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and set the building ablaze. Using mortars, they launched a collateral attack on a safe house, killing two more...Obiter Dicta
We’ve seen masked government agents roughing people up, shouting obscenities at them, trapping them on freezing cold roofs, smashing their Read More
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VIRGINIA: Mobile museum bringing Virginia history across the Commonwealth CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It is a truck on a mission to teach young students and families about Virginia history. While Read More