News From Around the South 3/29 to 4/5

News From Around the South 3/29 to 4/5

FLORIDA: Bayonet Discovered ByJacksonville Gardener May Be Connected To Grant’s March In 1861  A bayonet discovered by a Jacksonville man tilling his garden may have a connection to Grant’s March, the July 1861 journey that took then-Col. Ulysses S. Grant...
Hope for the Dead

Hope for the Dead

That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event To which the whole creation moves. — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) When American colonists were oppressed by governance from Britain, the word most frequently uttered...
China vs. America?

China vs. America?

“I’ve known Xi Jinping for a long time. … He doesn’t have a democratic — with a small ‘d’ — bone in his body,” said Joe Biden in his first press conference as president, and then he ambled on: “He’s one of the...
News From Around the South 3/22 to 3/29

News From Around the South 3/22 to 3/29

SOUTH CAROLINA: What Do We Do With Removed Confederate Monuments? The John C. Calhoun monument in Marion Square was pulled down by city contractors in the early morning hours of June 23, whisked away to a secret location. The decision to remove the monument was...
Hope for the Dead

Who Will Keep Our Liberties Safe?

What if liberty and democracy are opposites? What if the principle underlying liberty is to restrain the government to maximize individual autonomy? What if the principle underlying democracy is to unleash the government to give the people whatever they want? What if...