Most Centenarians in South
Bad news, guys. The chances of making it to 100 are much greater if you’re a woman. The 2010 census found 80 percent of the 53,364 people age 100 or older are women, according to a report out today. For every 100 centenarians, only 20.7 percent are men. The...
Civil War Journalism
New technologies and a growing demand for information during the US Civil War forever changed the nation’s press, according to a book by journalism professor Ford Risley. It was absolutely an important moment in the history of the press,” says Penn State’s Risley....
Dixie in the House
There are three significant things to say about the US House results in the South in the 2012 elections. First, Republicans showed continued strength in the region, making a net gain of seven Southern seats over their already large majority of Dixie’s House...
South's Swing States
What’s going on in the Southern swing states? In 2008, President Barack Obama managed an historic accomplishment: He was not only elected as the first African American in the White House, he got there in part due to becoming the first Democrat in decades to win...Obiter Dicta
“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants one mile away?” Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: He died fighting for America’s independence at 14. He’s only just been identified Thirteen of America’s first ever veterans lie beneath a towering pine forest that was once Read More