Dixie Decision A Call for Empathy
The South is a place of duality. Of rich and poor, of haves and have-nots, of white and black. Yet oftentimes we are blind to what these dualities mean, or that both sides of the duality represent not faceless ideologies, but people with sets of very real experiences....
College Campus Lunacy
As the fall semester begins, parents, students, taxpayers and donors should be made aware of official college practices that should disgust us all. Hampshire College will offer some of its students what the school euphemistically calls “identity-based...
News From Around the South 8/15 to 8/22
TEXAS –Armed Confederate Flag-waving White Lives Matter Protesters Rally Outside Houston NAACP HOUSTON — White Lives Matter staged a rally outside the NAACP’s Houston headquarters on Sunday, sparking controversy and counterprotests in a city where racial...
Lincoln’s Leadership Lessons
In our work with leaders, we see that great ones grow themselves and their organizations by deliberately working on three areas: They wisely manage the present, anchoring in purpose and values. They selectively forget the past, letting go of old values, beliefs, and...
A Valentine of Investigative Journalism
When the Washington Post puts its top investigative reporters on the beat of the distant youth of presidential candidates, there’s no telling what student scandal they might uncover. In 2012, the Post devoted a 5,400-word, front-page article to breaking the news...Obiter Dicta
We’ve seen masked government agents roughing people up, shouting obscenities at them, trapping them on freezing cold roofs, smashing their Read More
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VIRGINIA: Mobile museum bringing Virginia history across the Commonwealth CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It is a truck on a mission to teach young students and families about Virginia history. While Read More