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VIRGINIA: As Gun Rights Rally Looms, Richmond Residents Fear Another Charlottesville
RICHMOND, Va. — As gun rights activists, white nationalists [...]
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Movie Review: ‘Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter’
on July 12th, 2012 at 7:54 pmIf you take cheese and form it into a ball, you got yourself a cheeseball. If you take a historical figure, add a cheesy conceit and proceed to make a movie out of it, it should come as no surprise to anyone that what you get is a cheeseball of a movie. And terming this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What was your first job? I stuck pieces of plastic and metal together at an Evanston, Ill., assembly line. We produced photocopiers for a company called American Photocopy. I hated the work. It was hot and boring. But it was useful. It taught me to get good grades in school so I might have other […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alabama: Historian Names 10 Most Pivotal Events in State History (http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/07/alabama_archives_director_name.html) MONTGOMERY — The days when men first walked on the moon and people first set foot in what is now Alabama are two of the 15 key dates in Alabama history listed recently by state archives Director Ed Bridges. World War II, the Civil […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the announcement July 23 of the unprecedented sanctions against the Penn State football program by the NCAA, many have been quick to accuse the NCAA of going too far, of acting out of a false sense of urgency, of overstepping its bounds and of punishing unfairly so many who had so little to do […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Over the past few decades, America has locked up more and more people. Our prison population has tripled. Now we jail a higher percentage of people than even the most repressive countries: China locks up 121 out of every 100,000 people; Russia 511. In America? 730. “Never in the civilized world have so many been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Arkansas: First courthouse still standing From Baxter County Historical & Genealogical Society This old building, with its original “dog-trot” still intact, sits in the center of a tract of land that is steeped in early Baxter County history. Even though it appears to be giving way to the ravages of time, it is exciting when […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Has Mitt Romney given Israel a blank check for war? So it seemed from the declaration in Jerusalem by his adviser Dan Senor, who all but flashed Israel a green light for war, signaling the Israelis that, if you go, Mitt’s got your back: “If Israel has to take action on its own in order […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Weekly News from Around the South
on August 2nd, 2012 at 10:14 pmVirginia: Obama related to legendary Virginia slave, genealogist says WASHINGTON – For genealogists, President Obama’s family tree is the gift that keeps on giving. There was Dick Cheney, Warren Buffett and Sarah Palin. On Monday, genealogists added another notable figure to Obama’s unlikely list of relatives: John Punch, a Virginia slave that some historians consider the first African enslaved in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
According to a Duke University sociologist, if the South were its own country, it would be the deadliest nation in the civilized world. As it stands, says Duke’s Kieran Healy (who has compared recent violence among nations as well as among regions within the USA) when it comes to the percentage of fatalities per assault, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Redefining Cotton As Protein
Cotton—a plant many Americans associate with the Deep South—arrived in Georgia, the first colony to produce cotton commercially, in 1734. After the development of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin in 1794, the production has only increased.
Ronnie [...]
UNC Faculty Opposes Silent Sam Settlement
UNC faculty has expressed opposition to the University’s $2.5 million settlement which gave the Sons of Confederate Veterans $2.5 million and Silent Sam.
A number of UNC faculty departments have released statements in opposition [...]