News From Around the South, 9/1 to 9/8
SOUTH CAROLINA: Experts work to ID remains of Revolutionary War soldiers found in woods: “This is the ultimate cold case” The Battle of Camden is mentioned in history books and even films like “The Patriot,” but the precise location of much of...
Jury Nullification
Jury nullification is a fancy term for what it’s called when juries — or, in this case, grand juries — say no. It doesn’t happen very often, which is why you may have never heard of it. The old line is that a good prosecutor could get a grand jury to...
Old granite fountains for horses, dogs and other thirsty four-leggers still stand across S.C.
GEORGETOWN — Before Paige Sawyer begins one of his walking tours, the self-described “seventh-generation South Carolina redneck” tells his customers to meet him at the fountain. By that he means the big, brown polished granite bowl that sits atop a base and...
From All Directions: America’s Become a Place For Hate
“You know,” the late William F. Buckley Jr. once mused, “I’ve spent my life separating the right from the kooks.” The conservative commentator was famously pugilistic, an ideological brawler, in fact, unrelentingly caustic, if eruditely...News From Around the South, 8/25 to 9/1
SOUTH CAROLINA: A Charleston museum debuts SC-centric Revolutionary War exhibit CHARLESTON — A new Revolutionary War exhibit in the Holy City is one of several museum displays anticipated to go live this year ahead of the American conflict’s 250th anniversary....Obiter Dicta
While the country’s attention was drawn to the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: North Charleston Community Seeks to Protect HIstoric Roots NORTH CHARLESTON — For lifelong resident Kerry Gambrell, Liberty Hill has always been home. Gambrell, now in his 60s, grew Read More