News From Around the South 5/2 to 5/9
MISSOURI — Battle of Carthage Re-Enactment Set CARTHAGE, Mo. — On July 5, 1861, the quiet prairie and farmland around the tiny community of Carthage was rocked by the sounds of cannon, muskets, soldiers yelling and horses galloping in what many say was the first...
The Bill of Temporary Privileges
Last week, the Director of National Intelligence, the data-gathering and data-concealing arm of the American intelligence community masquerading as the head of it, revealed that in 2021, the FBI engaged in 3.4 million warrantless electronic searches of Americans. This...
Site of Stono Rebellion preserved for historical interpretation, public access
RANTOWLES, S.C. — When a group of Black farmers bought this property in the 1970s, they didn’t know its historical importance. They didn’t know about the remains of the brick cellar that dated to the early 1700s. They didn’t know that this was the site of the raid on...
Are Biden Democrats Holding A Losing Hand?
“Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand.” In the movie classic “Cool Hand Luke,” the convict Luke, played by Paul Newman, explains that to his fellow inmates after winning the pot in a hand of poker without even a pair of deuces. President Joe...
News From Around the South 4/25 to 5/2
ARKANSAS: Arkansas Legislature Prevents Confederate Statue From Being Removed From Courthouse Lawn Talk surrounding moving the Confederate monument on the Sebastian County Courthouse lawn has stalled, leaving the statue in place. County Judge David Hudson said a plan...Obiter Dicta
There is lore about the 1862 meeting between Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” — the influential novel Read More
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Louisiana: Legislators could use their campaign cash for clothing if bill passes Louisiana lawmakers might lift a prohibition on using their campaign and political action committee funding to purchase clothing Read More