News From Around the South, 5/25 to 6/1
SOUTH CAROLINA: SC Revolutionary War battlefield named one of 11 endangered sites in the US. Here’s why A Revolutionary War battlefield in South Carolina has been named one of the United States 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic...
A Nation of Suspects
Some of the recent legal challenges to the use of surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security upon Americans have resulted in the revelation of truly terrifying behavior by the government, in direct defiance of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. We now...
Civil War Maj. Gen. Carl Schurz: The Quintessential German American?
Few individuals are more emblematic of the ethnic experience of the Civil War than Carl Schurz. Though not a household name among Union generals, Schurz has grown to represent the American immigrant’s stake in the war. This was a role that was somewhat self-imposed....
Just How Corrupt Is Trump? Here Are the Numbers
This is the Trump era, which means if you blink, you will miss another shattering example of unabashed corruption. I don’t usually write about the same topic twice in a row, but the latest revelations of Trump’s wanton, shameless profiteering from the...
News From Around the South, 5/18 to 5/25
Southern, midsized cities lead population gains between 2024 and 2025 Large, immigrant-rich cities saw population fall back between mid-2024 and mid-2025 after nation-leading increases the year before. Mid-sized cities led the pack in U.S. Census Bureau estimates...Obiter Dicta
When President Donald Trump appointed an obviously unqualified friend, a home builder executive, to be acting director of national intelligence, Read More
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SOUTH CROLINA: Preservationists hope SC battlefield’s designation as endangered will boost attention Hanging Rock Battlefield is one of 11 of the most endangered historical places in the country, a national Read More