Our Sad Departure From Dr. King’s ‘Dream’
This past week, the nation noted the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The speech is without question a historic landmark, both in terms of recalling the unique stress of the time and in terms of...
News From Around the South 8/21 to 8/28
GEORGIA: Savannah Renames Square After First Black Civil War Nurse A public square in Georgia’s oldest city has been renamed after a black woman who played a major role in the US Civil War. SAVANNAH, Ga. — Born into slavery in 1848, Susie King Taylor was...
Change the Format of Debates
The Milwaukee debate was a travesty. Not that the moderators asked the wrong questions (though, seriously, UFOs?) or that the candidates gave the wrong answers — rather, the entire format is guaranteed to elicit the kind of behavior that least conduces to good...
A Map of the ‘Disunited States’ Shows Fears of Civil War–Era America
IT’S 1864, AND THE CIVIL War is raging. But southern secession isn’t the only danger threatening the Union. The United States has plenty of other enemies, foreign and domestic. If they got their way, this is what the formerly united states would look like—not two,...
Debaters Must Connect With Voters
As I noted in my column of several weeks ago, it’s a plus for everyone that Donald Trump will not show for the Republican debate. And now it’s official. He’s not showing up. Now we can have a debate about issues and not about Trump. Let’s also...Obiter Dicta
The little girl had to go to the bathroom. They went into the cafe, one of a small chain, and Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: He died fighting for America’s independence at 14. He’s only just been identified Thirteen of America’s first ever veterans lie beneath a towering pine forest that was once Read More