In Pandemic, It’s Every Nation For Itself
“The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time,” said Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey to a friend on the eve of Britain’s entry into the First World War. Observing from afar as the coronavirus pandemic...
News From Around the South 3/9 to 3/16
SOUTH CAROLINA: Confederate Group Criticizes Marine Plan To Ban Paraphernalia CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Marine Corps’ top officer is hoping to ban all Confederate paraphernalia from its bases worldwide, a decision that has agitated one of South Carolina’s largest...
South’s Best BBQ By State
ALABAMA Dreamland Bar-B-Que, Tuscaloosa Ribs are the name of the game here. They’re long and thin and have a wonderful chewy texture and crisp bits of char around the edges. There are 10 locations in three states, but the Tuscaloosa original is an undisputed Alabama...
Is This How Europe Ends?
“Fortress Europe is an illusion.” So declares the Financial Times in the closing line of its Saturday editorial: “Europe Cannot Ignore Syrian Migrant Crisis.” The FT undertakes to instruct the Old Continent on what its duty is and what its...
News From Around the South 3/2 to 3/9
SOUTH CAROLINA: Civil War Artillery Shell Disrupts Traffic CHARLESTON, S.C. — Multiple roads were closed for hours in historic downtown Charleston on Wednesday, after an antique bomb turned up at a construction site near famed Rainbow Row, according to police....Obiter Dicta
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SOUTH CAROLINA: New S.C. license plate honors Revolutionary War history COLUMBIA – Beginning Jan. 1, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will issue a newly designed standard license plate that Read More