America’s Deadly Addiction to War - America has a deadly addiction to war. Since 1950, presidents of both political parties have sent American troops into conflicts across the globe, killed countless people, sacrificed the lives and limbs of American servicemen and women, and wasted trillions of dollars. Yet these wars have consistently failed to achieve the objectives proclaimed when the killing […]
How this laid-back South Carolina city became a trending food destination - Greenville—home to Michelin’s North America headquarters and the setting for the next season of Top Chef—has transformed from a Southern-centered food city into a culinary melting pot. In the middle of the morning on a hot Sunday in September, a handful of people are feverishly chopping, dicing, and slicing while a large camera crew and […]
The France Riots Are Not What MAGA Says They Are - Polls being what they are, Republicans and their supporters must be feeling a bit like the condemned Frenchmen who rode to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. It’s fitting, then, that they are seizing on unrest in France as a desperate campaign gambit. “The Riots in France Are a Warning for America,” declared the […]
News From Around the South, 10/19 to 10/26 - NORTH CAROLINA: Ten endangered red wolves exchanged between NC and NY in conservation effort A two-way transfer involving a breeding pair and their five pups aims to strengthen the genetic diversity of a North Carolina critically endangered species. Ten endangered red wolves were transported between North Carolina and New York Tuesday as part of a […]
Our Failed Constitution - “The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.” — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) The U.S. Constitution was ratified to create and to restrain the government. It established boundaries beyond which the government may not venture, even when it invokes national security, public order, economic necessity, emergency or the will […]
