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What Do You Hear?

Will angry young men who are attracted by Donald Trump's sexist machismo and utter lack of a filter actually turn out to vote? Will...

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Our Favorite Books: Emerging Civil War’s Tim Talbott’s Top 5 Picks

Our Favorite Books: Emerging Civil War’s Tim Talbott’s Top 5 Picks

As much as I read, I have many, many, many favorite books. Narrowing them down to my five most favorite is extremely difficult, if not impossible. However, if I make this list “five of my favorite books” instead of “my five most favorite books,” that helps take off some of the pressure to cull it down. So, here we go; the following are five of my favorite books—in no particular order: The War...

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What Do You Hear?

Will angry young men who are attracted by Donald Trump's sexist machismo and utter lack of a filter actually turn out to vote? Will latent sexism rear its ugly head, as it did in 2016, leading Trump to perform better than his poll numbers predict? Will young women,...

News From Around the South, 10/28 to 11/4

SOUTH CAROLINA: Largest conservation easement project in SC history underway with $50M grant COLUMBIA — More than 62,000 acres of land in the Pee Dee are slated for protection, marking the largest conservation easement project in the state’s history, according to a...

Tweedledee and Tweedledum

My family and friends are angry with me because I won't tell them for whom I plan to vote for president. I have not voted for the Republican or Democrat for president since 1984, when I happily voted for Ronald Reagan. Since those days, the Democrats have gravitated...

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