News From Around the South 10/1 to 10/8
VIRGINIA: Man Shoved Teen Waving Confederate Flag YORKTOWN, Va. — A 53-year-old Poquoson man was arrested and charged with assault and battery on Friday after he confronted a Poquoson High School student who was waving a Confederate flag at a Poquoson-Tabb football...
Are Republicans Born Wimps?
Republican leaders are “a bunch of wimps,” said Jerry Falwell Jr. Conservatives and Christians need to stop electing “nice guys.” “The US needs street fighters like Donald Trump at every level of government because the liberal fascists...
News From Around the South 9/24 to 10/1
TENNESSEE: New State Museum Celebrates History NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When the new $160 million Tennessee State Museum opens Thursday, you will find many of the familiar museum artifacts. The Conestoga wagon that brought early settlers from Virginia in the 1800s....
The Southern Cross of Honor
Over the last several months, on genealogical mailing lists to which I subscribe, I’ve seen discussions about “The Southern Cross of Honor.” Questions have arisen about its origin, when it was awarded, and what the meaning of the inscription on it...
University Corruption
I’m thankful that increasing attention is being paid to the dire state of higher education in our country. Heather Mac Donald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has just published “The Diversity Delusion.” Its subtitle captures much of the...Obiter Dicta
In a scene in Robert Bolt’s famous play “A Man for All Seasons,” about the treason trial of St. Thomas 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