Imagine No Big Cities
Remember John Lennon’s silly song, “Imagine”? Well, here’s my (much shorter) version. Imagine if some of the biggest cities in America seceded from their states. Imagine Illinois without Chicago, Pennsylvania without Philadelphia, California...
News From Around The South 8/17 to 8/23
VIRGINIA: Virginia Museum of Fine Art Revels in Black Culture Did somebody say “Cheese Trail?” Well, I’m here for it. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist for the Los Angeles Times, and I’m here with the week’s essential arts news and more art...
Agfhanistan: Aftermath of A Debacle
In Afghanistan, the mission failure appears complete. The trillion-dollar project to plant Western democracy in a Muslim nation historically fabled for driving out imperial intruders has crashed and burned after 20 years, and the Taliban are suddenly back in power....
What We Still Don’t Know About Emmet Till’s Murder
The dentist was a few minutes late, so I waited by the barn, listening to a northern mockingbird in the cypress trees. His tires kicked up dust when he turned off Drew Ruleville Road and headed across the bayou toward his house. He got out of his truck still wearing...
U.S. Embraces A Diversity China Fears
The first returns from the delayed census of 2020 are in, and they have made for celebratory headlines in the mainstream media. Big takeaway: Between 2010 and 2021, the white American population declined in real and relative terms, with more deaths than live births,...Obiter Dicta
When James Madison was a member of Congress in 1791 and charged with drafting the Bill of Rights, he made Read More
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Archaeologists working on a project to rehabilitate the foundation of George Washington’s Mount Vernon, VA home made a stunning discovery when they unearthed two intact bottles of cherries from the hardened dirt Read More