The Post-Assassination Goodwill Is Over: Back to Basics
On July 14, hours after the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden told the nation, “(We need to) lower the temperature in our politics.” On July 14, hours after the assassination attempt, former Trump Attorney...
News From Around the South, 7/22 to 7/29
SOUTH CAROLINA: Family of Enslavers and Enslaved Reunite at Historic Cemetery BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — When Brenda Kinsler’s son was around 10 years old, he came home from school with questions about his family that she couldn’t answer. “Mom, who are we?” Kinsler, who lives...
Freedom’s Extinction
“Freedom is always just one generation away from extinction.” — Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) In December 1776, just six months after the Declaration of Independence had been signed and a year and a half into the Revolutionary War, Thomas Paine sensed a...
Book Review: The Limits of the Lost Cause: Essays on Civil War Memory
The Limits of the Lost Cause: Essays on Civil War Memory. By Gaines M. Foster. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 280 pp. $45.00. Reviewed by Patrick Young In spite of the title, this is not a 280-page examination of the “Limits of the...Obiter Dicta
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ALABAMA: For First Time in History, Alabama Will Have Two Black U.S. House Members Serving Together The 2024 election and a court-ordered redistricting led to this result: next year, Alabama Read More