Future Murky for Stone Mountain
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Of all the Confederate monuments under fire, few are more figuratively weighted — and literally fixed — than the 1,700-foot high outcropping of granite outside Atlanta with carvings of Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and Jefferson...
News From Around the South 11/25 to 10/2
VIRGINIA: Pole Flying Large Confederate Flag on I-95 Vandalized Someone recently vandalized the flagpole that flies the controversial Confederate flag that towers above Interstate 95 on private property in the Falmouth area, authorities said. Stafford County...
Capacity and Confusion
The combination of constant news, social media and a filterless firehose of opinion has created a deluge of political news, comment and updates that can be overwhelming — especially to Americans who are attempting to work, raise children, care for parents and take a...
News From Around the South 9/18 to 9/25
FLORIDA: Civil War Memorials of the First Coast Memorials and monuments commemorating the Civil War on the First Coast go far beyond Jacksonville. St. Augustine, Palatka, Olustee, Fernandina Beach, and other communities all have memorials of their own. These include...
Hillary, Here is What Happened
WASHINGTON — What did I tell you? Late in November of last year, after the presidential election that finally ended Bill and Hillary Clinton’s 24-year pursuit of power in Washington, D.C., and diminishment of the Democratic Party, I wrote that they were...Obiter Dicta
The one thing you can’t make when you get old is old friends. Pam Fleischaker was one of my oldest Read More
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VIRGINIA: UVA Press cancels book critical of leading Southern food figures In early 2025, University of Virginia Press announced the forthcoming release of “The Strange Career of Cornbread Nationalism.” The Read More