News From Around the South 6/18 to 6/25
SOUTH CAROLINA: Southern Civil War Journal Ends Up in York County No one in the South knew where the Civil War would go next. Ella Bassett Washington (1834-1898), mistress of Beall Air plantation in Jefferson County, West Virginia, thought she and her children might...
Democrats Have Zero Tolerance for Immigration Solutions
As soon as the Trump administration adopted a “zero-tolerance” policy requiring law enforcement to prosecute all immigrants who crossed the border illegally, it became clear that officials weren’t prepared to deal with the crush of kids who would...
Civil War Bones Tell Horror Story
The bullet probably hit the Union soldier as he was fleeing. It may have struck his cartridge box first, which sent it tumbling through the muscle of his right buttock, broke his right leg and buried itself sideways in his thigh bone just below the hip. His buddies...
How Republicans Went Soft on Communism
If you had told Ronald Reagan in 1988 that in 30 years, the president of the United States would be chummy with communist dictators in China and North Korea, eager to please a brutal Kremlin autocrat, and indifferent to the needs of our military allies, he might have...
News From Around the South 6/11 to 6/18
SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston Considers Apologizing for Slavery The city of Charleston may become the next Southern city to apologize for its role in the slave trade, and the timing is significant. City Council will consider a two-page apology resolution Tuesday, which...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