News From Around the South 10/10 to 10/17

News From Around the South 10/10 to 10/17

NORTH CAROLINA: JROTC Cadet Wore Confederate Uniform to Armed Services Night A student in Erwin High School’s JROTC program wore a Confederate uniform during a football game ceremony on Oct. 7, bringing up issues the school has dealt with in years past. The...
Killing With Near Certainty

Killing With Near Certainty

Last week, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. secretly reaffirmed his own self-willed authority to kill persons in other countries, so long as the CIA and its military counterparts have “near certainty” that the target of the homicide is a member of a terrorist...
33 Civil War Forts You Can Still Visit

33 Civil War Forts You Can Still Visit

During the years preceding the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, often considered the start of the Civil War, the U.S. military was already busy building defensive fortifications around major cities. Often on seacoasts, these structures were commissioned to better...
Killing With Near Certainty

Kirk, The Best Brother Ever, R.I.P.

My brother, Kirk Randolph Elder, died suddenly and unexpectedly, 16 days before his 70th birthday. He and Tresta, his wife of 41 years, had planned a trip to Hawaii, where they were going to celebrate Kirk’s birthday. Kirk was a retired supervisor at an oil...