Taking Rights Seriously
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, Mankind would be no more justified In silencing that one person, Than he, if he had the power, Would be justified in silencing mankind.” — John Stuart Mill...
Mexico Aims to Reshape the US Firearm Industry by Suing Gun Makers: The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether That Threat to the Second Amendment Is Legally Viable
President Donald Trump, who imposed punitive tariffs on Mexico this week, complains that our southern neighbor is not doing enough to stop illegal drugs from crossing the border. Mexico has a similar complaint about the United States and guns, as reflected in a case...
This Group of Veterans is Finding Peace in an Unlikely Place: a Camden Revolutionary War Battlefield
CAMDEN — A below-freezing wind chill, weeks of rain and manual labor might seem like a lot of work to recover an ounce of lead from the ground. But for the team of veterans digging up this Camden Revolutionary War era battlefield, it’s bigger than that. “For veterans,...
News From Around the South, 2/24 to 3/3
TEXAS: State Celebrates Texas Independence Day It was on March 2, 1836, when historians believe the original and five copies of the Texas Declaration of Independence were written and signed by 59 men at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Texans now know the day as Texas...
Open For Corruption
Is America open for corruption now? Unabashedly? Nakedly? Are we tossing aside not just our hard-won victories over infectious diseases but also the more than hundred-year battle against fraud, bribery and graft? Honest, clean government doesn’t follow...Obiter Dicta
Last week the FBI arrested a Wisconsin state judge as she was walking into the courthouse where she works. The Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Once in a lifetime opportunity’: Spartanburg Revolutionary War flag acquired by library SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A significant piece of local and American history – one no Read More