News from Around the South 9/27-10/3
Arkansas: Court Upholds Medical Marijuana Proposal The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a proposed ballot measure that, if successful, would make the state the first in the South to legalize medical marijuana. The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The...
Book Review
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln By Stephen L. Carter. Alfred A. Knopf, 516 pp., $26.95. There’s an increasingly popular sub-genre in fiction: historical what-ifs. What if the American Colonies stayed in the British empire? What if the United States stayed out of...
Ireland's Poor Civil War Memory
The Great Famine is an event seared into Irish national memory. Although the victims of the Great Hunger are rightfully remembered and commemorated, as is the physical fact that vast numbers of people were forced to leave, Ireland today largely leaves the memory of...
The Femininity Factor
Are Republican women politicians more “feminine” than Democratic women politicians? That’s the conclusion of a new study by UCLA researchers, who found that Republican women are so much more “feminine” that college students were able to...
Honey Boo Boo and the Death of Quality
Is Here Comes Honey Boo Boo the worst thing on television? Probably. Is it the worst thing to happen in terms of confirming ignorant opinions from the rest of country about Southerners since The Beverly Hillbillies? Definitely. (And really, that’s being...Obiter Dicta
In recent days, the government in America has not only failed to protect the freedom of speech, it has attacked 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