News From Around the South, 12/11 to 12/18
GEORGIA: Fulton County Court Finds 200-Year-Old Records Exposing Slavery in the South FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – Hundreds of historic documents dating back to slavery have been discovered among Fulton County Probate Court records. Inside the records room of Fulton...
In Defense of Free Speech and Free Silence
“I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” — Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists’ grievances with the British government....
The Many Ways JFK’s Assassination Re-Shaped Dallas Forever
On Nov. 22, 1963, a series of shots rang out in Dealey Plaza just as President John F. Kennedy’s open limousine passed through. The president was fatally wounded — and Dallas would never be the same. Why it matters: Those five seconds changed the arc of global...
Yes, Anti-Zioniam is Antisemitism
Imagine a group of people who work to destroy Italy because, they claim, Italy’s origins are illegitimate. Imagine further that these people maintain that of all the countries in the world, only Italy doesn’t deserve to exist. Then imagine that these...
News From Around the South, 12/4 to 12/11
VIRGINIA: GOP Lawmakers Try to Stop Removal of Confederate Monument From Arlington National Cemetery House Republicans are aiming to block the Pentagon from removing a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery. A group of GOP lawmakers led by Rep. Andrew...Obiter Dicta
Last week the FBI arrested a Wisconsin state judge as she was walking into the courthouse where she works. The Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Once in a lifetime opportunity’: Spartanburg Revolutionary War flag acquired by library SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A significant piece of local and American history – one no Read More