Honey Boo Boo and the Death of Quality
Is Here Comes Honey Boo Boo the worst thing on television? Probably. Is it the worst thing to happen in terms of confirming ignorant opinions from the rest of country about Southerners since The Beverly Hillbillies? Definitely. (And really, that’s being...News from Around the South 9/20-9/26
Georgia: Kennessaw Group Brings to Light Cobb’s Civil War Roots By H.M. Cauley, for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution As historians, researchers and interested readers of Civil War lore will confirm, Cobb County has a wealth of connections to the conflict. For...
Book Review
“WE HAVE THE WAR UPON US: THE ONSET OF THE CIVIL WAR, NOVEMBER 1860-APRIL 1861” By William J. Cooper, Knopf ($30). Blaming “Inflexible” Lincoln Misleading, Wrong More than 150 years after Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, historians...
I Like Gary Johnson
All political candidates call themselves freedom-lovers, but they are not. Neither major party really opposes government control of the economy or of our personal lives. I’m a libertarian because I see the false choice offered by political left and right:...Obiter Dicta
“If you’re trying to decide what to do, and you only have two choices, do the thing that’s hardest,” my Read More
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SOUTH CROLINA: Preservationists hope SC battlefield’s designation as endangered will boost attention Hanging Rock Battlefield is one of 11 of the most endangered historical places in the country, a national Read More