Now, the Feds Are Spying on Congress
Those who have sown the wind shall reap the whirlwind." — Hosea 8:7 The federal antipathy to compliance with the Constitution is well known and well documented. Presidents have declared war in contravention of the constitutional command that only Congress may do so....
The Violent History of the U.S.‑Mexico Border
Chinese immigrants, escaped slaves, and Native Americans were all people U.S. forces tried to keep on one side or the other. America’s southern border—which has shifted multiple times with U.S. expansion—was formed through violence. Texas and American militias used...
What Are We Conserving?
When my friend David French — New York Times columnist, pro-life evangelical, and lifelong conservative — announced that he would be voting for Kamala Harris, it was like dropping a Porterhouse steak amid a pride of lions. The Dispatch's Jonah Goldberg wrote a...
News From Around the South, 8/26 to 9/2
SOUTH CAROLINA: Former Slave and S.C. Rep. Will Soon Have State House Monument At 23-years-old, Robert Smalls won freedom for himself and his family. The Beaufort County man went from slavery to pilot during the Civil War before being elected to Congress. He is the...
In Search of Monsters
"America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy ... She might become the dictatress of the world, But she would no longer be the ruler of her own spirit." — John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) In the middle of his term as Secretary of State, the future president...
How a Revolutionary War battle in SC helped Name Two Navy Ships, a Festival and a Book
Connected by a name, the small town of Cowpens holds a festival every year celebrating two ships When Revolutionary War troops fought the Battle of Cowpens in 1781, the name only made sense: The area, now near Spartanburg, was dotted with literal cow pens. In the more...
Goodbye, JFK Democrats
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s exit from the Democratic Party (or was he booted out?) is only the latest sign that there are no more JFK Democrats left in positions of power in the Democratic Party. President John F. Kennedy was a staunch anti-communist who fought against...
News From Around the South, 8/19 to 8/26
GEORGIA: Statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument DECATUR, Ga. — A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the...
The Right to Be Left Alone
"Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you." — "Every Breath You Take," song by The Police The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to privacy. Like other amendments in the...
Group Works to Preserve, Celebrate SC’s Outsized Role in Revolutionary War
More than $2M in state grants doled out so far; $11 million worth of projects are in the works When Molly Fortune moved to Newberry in 2015, she had no idea the street in front of her house was historic. It wasn’t until 2022, when she became executive director of the...
Obiter Dicta
Those who have sown the wind shall reap the whirlwind.” — Hosea 8:7 The federal antipathy to compliance with the Read More
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