The Civil War Changed How We Looked At Death
More than one million people living in the United States have died of Covid-19 during the past two years. The numbers paint a clear picture of devastation, though they can’t capture the individual and familial pain of losing loved ones—a loss that will no doubt...
Prayer, Strength and Gratefulness
We lived in Belgium in the late 1960s while my father researched for his dissertation. I was too young to remember, but my mother told me that, while traveling in France, we were greeted by a standing ovation at a restaurant because we were Americans, and American...
South Carolina’s Palmetto Trail Offers A Walk Through History
COLUMBIA — From the marshy lowlands of the South Carolina coast to the rocky peaks of the Upstate mountains, the Palmetto Trail will eventually meander more than 500 miles. Hikers might run across the remnants of an old liquor still in a Lowcountry swamp, an old water...
On Ukraine, Biden Shows Resove But Also Restraint
Restraint is a useful but often unsatisfying virtue, and in the case of Ukraine, there are plenty of people who think that it’s not a virtue at all. Fortunately, American policy is being set by Joe Biden, who has a sober understanding of the perils of overreach....
News From Around the South 5/30 to 6/6
LOUISIANA: Vote Means 2 Confederate Holidays Going Away BATON ROUGE, La. — House-passed legislation to erase Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from a list of Louisiana holidays was approved 28-4 on Friday by the state Senate. The measure by state Rep....Obiter Dicta
Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction of the “wall” Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: New preserve protects SC sea island cotton fields and memory of the enslaved who toiled there COOSAW ISLAND — What started as a idle observation made during the isolated days Read More