The Other Shoe
The other shoe just dropped. Or maybe it’s the first shoe. It’s a new committee to keep an eye on the way the government collects information on private citizens. Good idea? Sure, why not. As the new speaker, Kevin McCarthy, put it, “Government...
News From Around the South 1/9 to 1/16
TENNESSEE: Nashville Suburb Sues State Historical Commission Over Confederate-Named Streets During the late 1950s and early 1960s — in an era marked by desegregation and white flight — a pair of real estate development firms built a residential enclave in the...
A 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...
America’s First Museum: 250 Years of Collecting, Preserving and Educating
The main reason for the special two-part exhibit “America’s First Museum: 250 Years of Collecting, Preserving and Educating” is to celebrate The Charleston Museum’s anniversary and show off objects from all five of its collections: archaeology, archives, history,...
Is The Conscience Reliable?
“A person’s moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one’s behavior” — the dictionary definition of “conscience.” Whenever I make the common-sense argument that people need to hold themselves accountable to a...Obiter Dicta
So now all the babies born to undocumented parents in the 28 states that didn’t challenge President Donald Trump’s executive Read More
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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