80 Years Later, Movie Tells Story of SC Woman’s Battalion During World War II - COLUMBIA — When Charity Adams Earley was sent across seas in 1944 , she was faced with a monumental task: Get millions of pieces of mail to the soldiers meant to receive them. Under her leadership, a battalion of Black women nicknamed the Six Triple Eight (for the 6888th) sorted and sent the mail in […]
A Well-Deserved Takedown of the California Political Class - WASHINGTON — Actress Sara Foster captured the rage of many Angelenos who have watched their city burn from the Palisades to Altadena in one social media post: “We pay the highest taxes in California. Our fire hydrants were empty. Our vegetation was overgrown, brush not cleared. Our reservoirs were emptied by our governor because tribal […]
News From Around the South, 1/6 to 1/13 - SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. Parks Dept. Seeks $18M to Open Four New State Parks COLUMBIA — Four new state parks could open in 2025, if South Carolina’s parks department receives the $18 million it has requested from the state Legislature. The planned parks would join 48 the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism already operates, only […]
Damn the Acquiescence - It’s important in a democracy that the losing side grapple with its defeat and learn the right lessons for next time. A certain amount of reflection and self-criticism is healthy, but we’ve blown past that point and are in danger of over-interpreting the 2024 results. Despite headlines proclaiming the GOP won in a “rout” or […]
When did the Civil War begin? Most say April 1861, but many historians say it started earlier. - Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this week, Jan. 5-9, 1861. To pick up where we left off in our last column, Maj. Robert Anderson secretly evacuated […]
