Julian Assange is Free!
It wasn’t until 1969 that the Supreme Court’s modern First Amendment jurisprudence made it clear that whenever there is a clash between the government and a person over the constitutionality of the person’s speech, the courts will give every benefit...
Hurricanes Shaped Early Colonists’ Lives
We’re now well into the annual hurricane season. Here in the Lowcountry, it’s always a question of when — not if — the next storm will come through. Even before Charleston’s first permanent European settlers arrived in 1670, tropical storms played a role in our...
The Same 2 Men Will Debate, But They’re Not Their 2020 Selves
WASHINGTON — The first debate between now-President Joe Biden and then-President Donald Trump was held in Cleveland on Sept. 29, 2020. According to a FiveThirtyEight survey, nearly 60% of those who watched all or some of that debate rated Biden’s performance as...
News From Around the South 6/17 to 6/24
SOUTH CAROLINA: How a Revolutionary War battle in SC helped name two Navy ships, a festival and a book When Revolutionary War troops fought the Battle of Cowpens in 1781, the name only made sense: The area, now near Spartanburg, was dotted with literal cow pens. In...
What If It’s Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong?
What if the government is a myth? What if it doesn’t produce what we pay it for? What if it fails to safeguard our lives, liberties and property from its own agents? What if nothing changes after these failures and after elections? What if we’re stuck with...Obiter Dicta
I’ve always been both a small-r republican and an Anglophile, so I looked upon the British monarchy with at least Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: With location and design selected, SC’s Robert Smalls monument needs funding The monument is expected to cost between $1 million and $2 million for the cost of the Read More