News From Around the South 7/24 to 7/31
KENTUCKY: Parade Committee to Hear Confederate Flag Appeal PADUCAH, Ky. — A parade committee will hear an appeal from the Sons of Confederate Veterans after a Kentucky city commission voted to limit participation in its Veterans Day parade to those representing the...
Whiskey’s Civil War Role
“For those of us who appreciate history, this is like a step back in time,” said Kyle Pfalzer, co-founder of Frederick’s Tenth Ward Distilling Co., as he poured samples of the clear whiskey, unoaked and unaged, for the crowd that gathered last week on the lawn behind...
Western Values Are Superior
Here’s part of President Donald Trump’s speech in Poland: “The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive. Do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? Do we have enough respect for our...
News From Around the South 7/17 to 7/24
SOUTH CAROLINA: Restaurant Owner Unable to Move Confederate Flag Above His Business ORANGEBURG, S.C. — The place of Confederate flags in modern America has always been an issue, but debate intensified following the 2015 massacre of nine black South Carolinian...
Was Trump Jr.’s Russia Meeting a Criminal Act?
Last week, The New York Times revealed that in June 2016, Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son; Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and chief confidant; Paul Manafort, Trump’s then-campaign chief executive; and others met secretly at...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