Book Review: Rick Atkinson Makes the American Revolution Come Brilliantly Alive
THE FATE OF THE DAY: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780, by Rick Atkinson The second installment of the Pulitzer Prize winner’s trilogy about the war animates an entire world — from battlefields and commanders to sounds and smells. Does...
The Tariff Target on Roses Makes Zero Sense
May is usually the best month for florists, Mother’s Day being a big reason. But Donald Trump’s tariff war is raining pain on their bestselling season. Pierson’s Flower Shop and Greenhouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, expects customers to dial back on...
News From Around the South, 4/28 to 5/5
SOUTH CAROLINA: New preserve protects SC sea island cotton fields and memory of the enslaved who toiled there COOSAW ISLAND — What started as a idle observation made during the isolated days of the pandemic culminated recently in the dedication of the Coosaw Sea...
Arresting a Judge
Last week the FBI arrested a Wisconsin state judge as she was walking into the courthouse where she works. The feds had alerted the media — but not the judge — to this event, and they arrived and recorded the arrest. The standard and preferred practice when arresting...
Bronze Alamo Cannon Spared From Mysterious ‘Growing’ Substance
An 18th-century bronze cannon used in the Battle of the Alamo has been the subject of a preservation effort to remove an unusual substance that was growing mysteriously on its surface. The effort, led by a team of specialists from the anthropology department at Texas...Obiter Dicta
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Carolina Day marks 249th anniversary of triumph on Sullivan’s Island SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. — Saturday is Carolina Day, marking the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan’s Island during the Read More