News From Around the South, 7/6 to 7/13
SOUTH CAROLINA: University of Georgia provost named Clemson’s new president Selection came after the first choice opted to remain at Michigan State University CLEMSON — Clemson University’s governing board on Thursday selected University of Georgia provost Benjamin...
Graham Platner’s Disqualifying Behavior
The Washington Post put it this way: Platner, before the latest allegation, faced scrutiny for old social media posts dismissive of sexual assault, a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol that he has since covered up, sexually explicit text messages he sent to other women...
But first, coffee: The drink that energized the American Revolution
A consequential act of defiance secured tea’s place as perhaps the most iconic beverage of America’s colonial era. The Boston Tea Party became an essential ingredient in the recipe for revolution in the following years. But tea wasn’t the only hot...
The Fall of Vicksburg
When I was 19, I knew a much older man who’d grown up in 1930s Alabama. “We didn’t celebrate the Fourth of July,” he told me. “For us, it was the day Vicksburg fell.” Vicksburg, Mississippi, fell to Union troops on July 4, 1863. The...
News From Around the South, 6/29 to 7/6
SOUTH CAROLINA: SC militias fought for America’s freedom – who fights for their battlegrounds? As a boy, Rick Wise was hooked on military history from the beginning. But he was never told he lived mere miles from the pivotal spot where the backcountry’s “Swamp Fox,”...Obiter Dicta
One of the defining failures of modern American government has been the steady erosion of Congress’s constitutional authority over war. Read More
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