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...
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...
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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...
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....
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,...
Why America Is in So Much Trouble
Shortly before Milton Friedman's death in 2006, I had the privilege of interviewing him over dinner in San Francisco. The last question I asked him was: What are the three things we have to do to make America more prosperous? His answer I have never forgotten: "First,...
News From Around the South, 12/30 to 1/6
TEXAS: How some Texas parents and historians say a new state curriculum glosses over slavery and racism A new Texas curriculum seeks to captivate first-grade students with a lesson on Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s historic estate long revered for its French...
Toward a Political History of the United States
New Year's Day is a good time to take a long look backward with a cautious eye toward possible futures. My guide here is RealClearPolitics analyst Sean Trende's 2012 book "The Lost Majority," whose bold thesis was unduly neglected by political scientists spinning...
Picturing Black History
A new book offers US students a way to learn about Black history through images amid a campaign to roll back diversity and inclusion programs Amid an aggressive campaign to roll back diversity and inclusion programs, which could bring a more forceful implementation of...
Never Mind Biden and Big Tech, Fear ‘Trump’s Censorship Arsenal’
Point and laugh at The Hollywood Reporter. After four years of Team Biden pressuring Big Tech to crush dissent on social media, not to mention Team Biden pressuring the news media to crush any word of President Joe Biden's mental decline, they're going to warn the...
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