News From Around The South 6/7 to 6/14
VIRGINIA: Research Finds Scores of Rockbridge African American Men Joined Union In Civil War LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) – When researchers at the Rockbridge Historical Society were looking into local African American history, they were in for a surprise. “And I saw a...
Torture Enters The Courtroom
For the first time in American history, a federal judge last week authorized the government to admit as evidence in a criminal case in a public courtroom words uttered by the defendant that were obtained under torture. The fruits of torture — which is any cruel or...
The Problem With Dropping Standards in the Name of Racial Equity
The classics department at Princeton University recently decided that the idea that classics majors ought to know Latin or Greek has been a mistake. Old-fashioned, perhaps. Until now, undergrads who wanted to major in the study of classical texts needed to come into...
What Is America’s Cause In The World?
“Take away this pudding; it has no theme,” is a comment attributed to Winston Churchill, when a disappointing dessert was put in front of him. Writers have used Churchill’s remark to describe a foreign policy that lacks coherence or centrality of...
News From Around The South 5/31 to 6/7
VIRGINIA: State Dedicating Historical Marker For “Central Lunatic Asylum” Site RICHMOND, Va. — A state historical marker will be dedicated Monday that highlights the Central Lunatic Asylum — the first standalone hospital for African Americans...Obiter Dicta
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VIRGINIA: Virginia Museum of History and Culture launches Revolution Revisited podcast Calling all history buffs! The Virginia Museum of History and Culture is launching a podcast that you don’t want Read More