A Saudi Christmas
With Christmas now in the rearview mirror, it is perplexing that some far-left bloggers are still bemoaning the fact that Newsweek magazine proclaimed that folks who respect the traditions of the Christmas holiday “won” the battle against secular...
Where Does the South Begin?
Yesterday I crossed the border from Pennsylvania to Maryland, and was greeted by a road sign for “The Mason-Dixon Line,” the historical demarcation between the American North and South. It’s a misleading distinction from a linguistic perspective, because one does not...
News from Around the South 12/24 – 12/31
Georgia: Civil War Photographs Depict Reality of War Photographs of the Civil War era from the collection of Judith J. Norrell are on exhibit at the Morris Museum of Art, offering rare views of the impact of war on the land and its people. The exhibit features some 30...
Research Shows Clear Value of Charter Schools
Let’s finally put to rest the tiresome arguments over whether charter schools have been beneficial to children and families. Time and again, independent analysts have found that, on the whole, charters have performed exceptionally well in many states. The latest...
Southern Character
Lisa Tendrich Frank and Daniel Kilbride, eds. Southern Character: Essays in Honor of Bertram Wyatt-Brown. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2011. 301 pp. ISBN 978-0-8130-3690-8. The fifteen essays in this collection stem from a conference organized in 2005 in...Obiter Dicta
One of the defining failures of modern American government has been the steady erosion of Congress’s constitutional authority over war. Read More
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