“Were You Ever At Camp Moore?” Recalling Louisiana’s Largest Civil War Training Camp
Nestled deep in the woods of St. Helena Parish, along the New Orleans & Jackson Railroad, seventy-five miles north of the famous Crescent City, and near the town of Tangipahoa, Louisiana, sits what remains of the largest Confederate training camp in the western...
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston Sailing Club Changes Burgee That Resembled Confederate Flag The Charleston Ocean Racing Association has voted to change its burgee, which has been heavily criticized because it closely resembles the Confederate battle flag. The question that...
The Government’s Lust to Spy
n 2019, agents of the federal and state governments persuaded judges to issue 99% of all requested intercepts. An intercept is any type of government surveillance — telephone, text message, email, even in-person. These are intercepts that theoretically are based on...Book Review: Down Along With That Devil’s Bones
The ghost of Nathan Bedford Forrest haunts the South, but not in the way you might think. This is no Halloween tale, but the lasting legacy of a Confederate general who became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Admired by some (who tout his military prowess...
Can a Disintegrating America Come Together?
On the last days of the 2020 campaign, President Donald Trump was holding four and five rallies a day in battleground states, drawing thousands upon thousands of loyalists to every one. Waiting for hours, sometimes in the cold, to cheer their champion on, these...Obiter Dicta
This week, President Donald Trump announced that he plans to give away tax dollars without congressional or judicial authorization to Read More
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Louisiana: More Louisiana officials get approval to carry guns inside State Capitol Louisiana legislators voted this week to expand the list of public officials who can carry a handgun in Read More