Stop the Scam

Stop the Scam

Eager to accept a luxury airliner from the government of Qatar, President Donald Trump is testing the limits of Republicans on Capitol Hill. Usually eager to behave like the servile puppies that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) once described with scorn (before becoming one...
News From Around the South, 5/12 to 5/19

News From Around the South, 5/12 to 5/19

WEST VIRGINIA: On This Day, The American Middle Class Was Born In A Gunfight A dozen armed men wearing dark suits stepped off the noon train in Matewan, West Virginia, on Wednesday, May 19, 1920. Residents knew this was trouble. Out-of-work coal miners, in town to...
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On Education, Mississippi Shows the Way

Mississippi leads the nation. That’s not a typographical error. And it’s not just a gotcha phrase, preparing the reader for learning that Mississippi leads the nation on all sorts of negative things. Once upon a time, that was true, and in some respects it...
News From Around the South, 5/5 to 5/12

News From Around the South, 5/5 to 5/12

TEXAS: ‘Come and take it’ | Texas lawmaker wants to enshrine the cannon as a Texas state symbol The resolution argues that cannons have been instrumental in Texas history. AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has a plethora of state symbols, from the blue bonnet to the...