News From Around the South, 12/26 to 1/2
South Carolina: Revolutionary War Soldiers Remains Help Anthropologists Unravel Battle of Camden Archaeologists with the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at USC have studied the Camden Battlefield for decades, but their most recent finding is...
Reparations: Blackwashing Slavery
When it comes to the absurdity of American taxpayers giving “reparations” to black descendants of slaves, it’s hard to limit the number of objections. Apart from the fact that American slavery, though horrific, was legal; that it ended 157 years ago;...
Searching For Monsters
“America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy … She might become the dictatress of the world, But she would no longer be the ruler of her own spirit.” — John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) In the middle of his term as Secretary of State, the...
News From Around the South 12/19 to 12/26
New York: West Point Begins Removal of Confederate Monuments West Point has begun removing Confederate monuments at the campus — including a portrait of Robert E. Lee, who once served as the storied military academy’s superintendent, officials said. Lt. Gen. Steven...
For Richmond, A Compelling New Chapter
History is not necessarily being rewritten in Richmond, Va., but there is a compelling new chapter in the works. The state capital, once the capital of the Confederacy, is reckoning with its legacy of slavery and Jim Crow-era racism: The mansion-lined Monument Avenue...Obiter Dicta
In a famous Supreme Court one-liner, reminding the legal community of the finality of the court’s rulings, the late Justice Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Just wonderful’: USC musicians perform at Congaree National Park for country’s 250th birthday In a celebration of American music, the student performers also hoped to introduce more people Read More