News From Around the South 1/1 to 1/8
VIRGINIA: James Madison Dig Reveals Slave Evidence At James Madison’s sprawling Montpelier estate, geophysicist Shane McGary and student Michelle Proulx take turns pushing what looks like a lawn mower across fields peppered with horse patties. Below the device,...
Office Pool 2018
1) In 2018, a. the Democrats will win control of the House of Representatives. b. the Republicans will retain control of the Senate. c. President Donald Trump will provoke the use of the 25th Amendment by his Cabinet to remove him temporarily from office. d. the key...
Firefighter Files Suit Over Facebook Firing
A white Columbia Fire Department captain who was fired from his $53,722-a-year job for making threatening remarks on social media about a Black Lives Matter protest has filed a lawsuit against the city alleging racial discrimination. The remarks by James “Jimmy”...
News From Around the South 12/25 to 1/1
SOUTH CAROLINA: New South Carolina Cultural Studies Institute to Open GEORGETOWN, S.C. — The cultures and history of the South Carolina coast will be the focus of study at a new institute jointly proposed by the Baruch Foundation and Francis Marion and Coastal...
Southern Tradition: Black-Eyed Peas
Do you know why black-eyed peas are lucky on New Year’s Day? As with most superstitions, there are several answers to the question. Typically, the belief that black-eyed peas are a lucky New Year’s meal is especially popular in the south, so it has to do...Obiter Dicta
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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