News From Around the South 7/1 to 7/8
ILLINOIS: Band with ‘Confederate’ in Name Dumped From Festival; Protests Planned CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois is at the center of a national conversation about the First Amendment after the country rock band Confederate Railroad was removed from...
The South’s Strangest Fourth of July
It began like many other Fourth of July celebrations Charleston held in the decades after the United States won its independence. At 3 a.m., the traditional sound of cannon fire erupted from Citadel Green (what today is Marion Square). Members of voluntary militias...
Is Putin Right? Has Liberalism Lost the World?
“The liberal idea has become obsolete. … (Liberals) cannot simply dictate anything to anyone as they have been attempting to do over the recent decades.” Such was the confident claim of Vladimir Putin to the Financial Times on the eve of a G-20...
News From Around the South 6/24 to 7/1
SOUTH CAROLINA: New Group to Fly Confederate Flag at State House Columbia, S.C. — An event to raise the Confederate flag on the grounds of the S.C. State House will go forward this month after all. The group Flags Across the South will raise the rebel banner...
A Lot to Celebrate on Fourth of July
Sixty-six percent of Americans believe that the Fourth of July is one of our nation’s most important holidays. To celebrate, 62% of Americans will watch fireworks, 54% will enjoy a cookout with family and friends, 19% will attend a parade, 13% will go to the...Obiter Dicta
Now that we’ve completed our celebration of America’s 250th birthday, it’s time to prepare for the 300th — the tricentennial. Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: University of Georgia provost named Clemson’s new president Selection came after the first choice opted to remain at Michigan State University CLEMSON — Clemson University’s governing board on Read More