North Won War, South Won Conversation
The Civil War ended 152 years ago in Virginia, in the village of Appomattox Court House. Yet in April 2017, the removal of memorials honoring Confederate soldiers six states away — soldiers and generals who fought to defend the institution of slavery — was apparently...
Donald Trump’s Seven Days in May
In a period of seven days this month, President Donald Trump fired James Comey as director of the FBI and was accused of sharing top-secret intelligence data with the Russian foreign minister and the Russian ambassador to the United States, the latter a known Russian...
News From Around the South 5/8 to 5/15
NORTH CAROLINA: Is Taking Confederate Flag Off Wreath at Confederate Memorial Violating Free Speech? CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The descendant of a Confederate soldier is accusing the Lancaster County Council of violating his free speech rights in removing two small...
Tempers Flare Over Statue Removals
NEW ORLEANS — For Malcolm Suber, the Confederate monuments that dot this Deep South city stand for white supremacy, pure and simple. Instead of just taking them down, Mr. Suber, an African-American activist and organizer, would like to see the city pass out...
Chaos and the Commentariat
WASHINGTON — It is probably too early in our 45th president’s tenure to evaluate how his critics, both those on the left and those on the right, are appraising him. His critics on the right, such as Bill Kristol and George F. Will, have calmed their criticisms...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