America’s Worst Idea
Earlier this year, the historian Timothy Naftali revealed a 1971 conversation between Richard Nixon, then the president of the United States, and Ronald Reagan, then the governor of California, in which Reagan referred to African United Nations delegates as “monkeys”...
Intolerance in Academia
If you need an accurate update on some of the madness at the nation’s institutions of higher learning, check out Minding the Campus, a nonprofit independent organization. John Leo, its editor in chief, says that the organization’s prime mission is...
News From Around the South 10/7 to 10/14
VIRGINIA: Researchers Excavate Civil War-Era ‘Ghost Fleet’ SUFFOLK, Va. – What lies beneath? That’s the big question a group of archeologists is delving and digging into this month in Suffolk. Two years ago, Suffolk history buff Kermit Hobbs...
In China, Freedom of Speech is No Slam Dunk
The current social media dust-up between the National Basketball Association and China reflects the stark differences between the ways the United States and China understand freedom — freedom of speech, in particular. As I wrote last month, “Hong Kong was...
Cities Contextualize Confederate Statues
In Franklin, Tennessee, a lifesize statue of a Confederate soldier, referred to by locals as “Chip,” stands atop a 31-foot base in the center of the city’s public square. The statue was dedicated in 1899 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and is meant to...Obiter Dicta
In my childhood years, I got to experience something I’ve cherished ever since: starry nights. I was lucky to spend Read More
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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