Clemson becomes second SC university to rename equity and inclusion office
CLEMSON – Clemson University renamed its equity and inclusion office following leadership changes, making it the second major college in South Carolina to drop language that has become politically charged in the past year. As of last week, the new name of Clemson’s...
The Ganbling Industry Wants to Make Fantasy Leagues Illegal
Here’s a sad and textbook case of how companies all too often use the strong-arm of government to destroy their competition. The online gambling industry in America spent years and years fighting against the powerful Las Vegas casinos to make online sports...
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FLORIDA: Florida Senate committee seeks to prevent removal of Confederate statues TALLAHASSEE — An effort to prevent removal of historical monuments and memorials started to advance Monday in the Senate as cities such as Jacksonville fight over Confederate...
Government by Experts
I have often thought that after Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson was our worst president. By worst is meant least faithful to the Constitution and most destructive of personal liberty. With the exception of Lincoln’s dictatorship — during which the federal...
The Ghosts of Black Appalachia Visit Her Kitchen
When Crystal Wilkinson wants to summon her kitchen ghosts, she retrieves a fuchsia-hued dress from her closet and hangs it in the doorway. The sturdy, double-hemmed garment invites her grandmother Christine, who sewed it by hand and wore it often before she died in...Obiter Dicta
Last week, the Supreme Court effectively abolished the right to assembly in three Southern states. By refusing to hear an Read More
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FLORIDA: Will a Florida museum on Black history tell whole story? Some worry it won’t Florida’s proposal to create a statewide Black history museum prompted interest, and then glossy reports, Read More