Taking Liberty For Granted
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). No one knows if Thomas Jefferson personally uttered those words. They have been widely attributed to him, but they don’t appear in any of his writings. If he did not...
VMI Faces Reckoning With Its Past — And Its Future
It was a cold morning last December when they finally took Stonewall Jackson down. No ceremony was held, no protesters gathered; snowflakes swirled in the air. A crane silently hoisted the enormous bronze Confederate general from his perch of 108 years. To many...No Clean Cars Without Dirty Mining
Before the November election, candidate Joe Biden’s campaign let it be known that the Democratic nominee would part ways with environmental activists by supporting mining in the United States for technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Unnamed sources...
News From Around the South 5/24 to 5/31
Memorial Day occupies a traditional place in American history. Anyone who grew up in this country understands it to be a celebration of wartime sacrifice and patriotic valor. It’s a holiday with its origins in the Civil War, a time of untold...
The Government’s Community Caretaking Ruse
Edward and Kim Caniglia had an argument in their Cranston, Rhode Island, home, during which Edward retrieved a lawfully owned unloaded handgun and placed it on their dining room table in front of Kim and said to his wife, “Shoot me now, and get it over...Obiter Dicta
GEORGIA: Former Georgia Southern Professor Publishes Novel On Founding of Savannah Yamacraw Bluff, a historical novel charting the trials and Read More
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GEORGIA: Former Georgia Southern Professor Publishes Novel On Founding of Savannah Yamacraw Bluff, a historical novel charting the trials and tribulations of Savannah’s founders, is gaining attention in Amazon’s top Read More