Methodist Church Same-Sex Split
Leaders of the United Methodist Church, the second-largest Protestant domination in the nation, announced on Friday a plan that would formally split the church after years of division over same-sex marriage. Under the plan, which would sunder a denomination with 13...
Census Numbers Undercut Ascendant America Theory
From the first years of the one-fifth of this century already completed, we’ve been told that a new, ascendant America — more nonwhite, more culturally liberal, more feminist — was going to dominate our politics for years to come. Those predictions have...
A Mission for the ’20s
So. Another decade behind us, another in front. Journalists love nothing more than the opportunity to gaze analytically in either direction. “Fills up the paper,” we used to say, back when newspapers needed constant filling to complement the ads on which...
Congressmen Call For Removal of Lee Statue
WASHINGTON — Two Virginia congressional representatives are calling for the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee to be replaced in the U.S. Capitol by a Virginian of color who has dedicated his or her life to fighting for equality. The statue of Gen. Lee, who is dressed...
News From Around the South 12/23 to 12/30
SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston’s Emancipation Day Festival’ May Be Nation’s Oldest CHARLESTON, S.C. — Celebrants will gather on January 1 to ring in the new year, but in Charleston, residents will also continue what’s possibly the nation’s only...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