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Respect or Fear?

Respect or Fear?

In the course of his losing race with the teleprompter during his Oval Office address on Dec. 17, President Donald Trump returned to...

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LaSalle Corbell Pickett: “Child-Bride of the Confederacy” to Civil War Fabricator

LaSalle Corbell Pickett: “Child-Bride of the Confederacy” to Civil War Fabricator

LaSalle Corbell Pickett is arguably one of the great storytellers and mythmakers in American history. This reputation can be attributed to the inconsistencies and fabrications of evidence that appear in her biographies of her husband.[1] George Pickett’s reputation is a mixed one in the eyes of history. Some of his peers viewed him as the source of the army’s failure at Gettysburg and Five...

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Respect or Fear?

In the course of his losing race with the teleprompter during his Oval Office address on Dec. 17, President Donald Trump returned to a theme that obsesses him — respect. Even before his entry into politics, Trump was convinced that "weak" leaders including Reagan,...

News From Around the South, 12/22 to 12/29

GEORGIA: Alicia Johnson sworn in as first Black woman elected to Georgia Public Service Commission Dr. Alicia Johnson was ceremonially sworn in this week as Georgia's newest Public Service Commissioner, marking a historic milestone for the powerful body that regulates...

Transgender Teens

According to data from the CDC analyzed by the Williams Institute at UCLA, some 3.3% of American high school students ages 13-17 self-identify as transgender. Earlier studies, sometimes asking the question differently, have reported a range from 1.2% to 2.7%. Who...

News From Around the South, 12/15 to 12/22

SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston historian uncovers date SC flag was first flown. It’s not the design we know today. A Charleston historian has uncovered brand new information about the first recorded appearance of South Carolina’s signature crescent flag. But he had to go...

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