What a Losing Campaign Looks Like - If you want a one-word answer to how the president is approaching this election, I’ll give you my favorite. Kentucky. That’s it. He has exactly one public event scheduled on Saturday — a rally in Kentucky. Kentucky, a state that President Donald Trump carried by 30 points two years ago. Kentucky, a state he handily […]
News From Around the South, 10/12 to 10/19 - SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. Arts Commission’s interim director steps down, following 2 board members’ resignations None of the three stepping down from their positions mentioned a controversial decision not to fund two LGBTQ+ arts group COLUMBIA — The interim director of the state Arts Commission stepped down Thursday, following the resignations of two board members in […]
Trump’s Final Humiliation of Lindsey Graham - Dear Lindsey, Your body had not long been in the grave when your pal Donald Trump made the anti-Russia legislation that carried your name a nullity. Wondering how you’d feel about this if you were around to see it. The whole point of your last decade of life was the belief (or was it a […]
Savor the Stories of Southern Food - We enjoy gathering at a table filled with our family’s favorite foods. We remember specific dishes and the people who prepared them, special occasions and meaningful traditions. Scholars who study food do too. They also look for insights beyond a single family. “Food is a powerful portal into understanding the human experience across time,” said […]
Love Stays - The one thing you can’t make when you get old is old friends. Pam Fleischaker was one of my oldest friends. We met more than 40 years ago as two young political activists. She commuted from Oklahoma City to help run the Democratic Platform Committee for Geraldine Ferraro. She was a charter member of the […]
