Putting ‘Professionals’ in Charge
I’m not one to generally quote Senate Majority Leader John Thune as my authority on Cabinet appointees, but when it came to Bill Pulte — the housing chief with no national security experience who was President Donald Trump’s first choice for Director of...
News From Around the South, 6/8 to 6/15
NORTH CAROLINA: Republicans axe NC State student center as an early voting site Republicans on the Wake County Board of Elections rejected the NC State University student center as an early voting site for the general election, resisting the fervent pleas of speakers...
A Requiem For Privacy
When President Donald Trump appointed an obviously unqualified friend, a home builder executive, to be acting director of national intelligence, he inadvertently triggered attention to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The director of national...
The Internet Falls In Love With German World Cup Fan Discovering The South
The 2026 World Cup being hosted by the North American trio of Canada, Mexico and the United States has given plenty of soccer fans all over the world the chance to experience American culture for the first time. If everything you read on social media were true, you...
The Right Thing Costs You
“If you’re trying to decide what to do, and you only have two choices, do the thing that’s hardest,” my pop used to tell me. “The right thing is always the hardest thing.” Which is how Scott Pelley got canned off “60...Obiter Dicta
Since its inception, the government of the United States has inexorably exceeded its powers under the Constitution. All three branches Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: He died fighting for America’s independence at 14. He’s only just been identified Thirteen of America’s first ever veterans lie beneath a towering pine forest that was once Read More