News From Around the South 6/12 to 6/19
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Supreme Court Won’t Review N.C. Confederate License Plate Decision WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t review North Carolina’s decision to stop issuing specialty license plates with the Confederate flag. As is typical, the court...
The Case Against Trump
It gives me no joy to write about prosecuting former President Donald J. Trump. He and I have been friends for nearly 40 years. We spoke many times during his presidency on a wide array of matters. Knowing him as I do and knowledgeable of the law and federal criminal...
Enslaved by George Washington, This Man Escaped to Freedom—and Joined the British Army
When an enslaved man named Harry escaped from Mount Vernon in July 1771, his enslaver, George Washington, placed ads in newspapers seeking his capture. According to Washington’s cash accounts ledger, the war hero and then-delegate in the Virginia House of...
Time Bomb
Social Security is toast. So is Medicare. Too many of us old people live longer, so there are not enough working people to support us. Soon both Social Security and Medicare will be broke. Our politicians don’t have the guts to do anything about it. Or even talk...Obiter Dicta
She has yet to even be sworn in. But the hateful Republican women in the House of Representatives have already Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Wildlife refuge in Charleston County added to Reconstruction Era National Historic Network ADAMS RUN, S.C. — The Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge is one of Read More