News From Around the South, 8/3 to 8/10 - SOUTH CAROLINA: Historic portraits telling the story of Black South Carolinians now online through USC library COLUMBIA — A young boy looks directly into the camera with his arms wrapped around his pet rooster. A boxer crouches in a fighting stance, gloves up in front of his face. Nurses dressed head to toe in white […]
The Normalcy of American Wars - The war in Iran is unlawful and unconstitutional, but in post-World War II America, it is normal. Here is the backstory. When President Donald Trump decided to begin bombing Iran last June, he did not state a coherent or lawful reason for doing so. His director of national intelligence and his own CIA had publicly […]
These Five “Witness Trees” Were Present At Key Moments In America’s History - These still-standing trees are a living testament to our country’s tragic past A witness tree begins its life like any other tree. It sprouts. It grows. And then it’s thrust into the spotlight, playing an involuntary part in a significant historic event. Often, that event is a devastating, landscape-scarring battle or other tragic moment. Once […]
Dr. Fauci’s Good Lawyers - 111 times. That’s how many times Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid falling into the perjury trap Sen. Rand Paul was setting for him. Dr. Fauci was not brought in to testify because they needed to know more about what he had said and done in the past. No, he has not […]
News From Around the South 7/27 to 8/3 - SOUTH CAROLINA: One of Beaufort’s best-known trees topples. Will its other half survive? One of Beaufort’s most famous and historic trees split in two over the weekend, with half of it falling to the ground with a crash heard around the Lowcountry. The towering live oak is located in a parking lot at the Beaufort […]
