You’re Bugging Me: Accusations of Entomological Warfare in the Civil War
The harlequin bug arrived in Texas in 1864, coinciding with increased Federal operations in the state. Earning nicknames such as the “Lincolnite” or “Sherman-bug,” its sudden appearance and proclivities appeared to make it the perfect weapon.[1] It feeds on the juices...
The Reason Young Women Embrace the Left Do Not Reflect Well On Them
Last week, The New York Times featured an article titled: “How the Last Eight Years Made Young Women More Liberal.” According to every poll, since 2016 there has been an unprecedented political/social gender gap between young American women and men. Here...
News From Around the South, 9/9 to 9/16
SOUTH CAROLINA: Lowcountry Fossil Hunter is Sharing Ancient Finds in a Modern Way GOOSE CREEK — Waist-deep in a Charleston-area river, a pair of goggles atop his head and inflatable tubes floating around him, fossil and treasure hunter Matthew Mitchell held up a...
Free Speech and the Department of Political Justice
In 1966, two famous Russian literary dissidents, Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky, were tried and convicted on charges of disseminating propaganda against the Soviet state. The two were authors and humorists who published satire abroad that mocked Soviet leaders for...
A Georgia County That Once Expelled All Black Residents Now Wants To Be A Model Of Love
Spearheaded by a group of pastors, a scholarship for descendants of a racial cleansing in Forsyth County in 1912 aims to right a multigenerational wrong. CUMMING, Ga. — When Durwood Snead moved to Forsyth County, Georgia, in 1989, he was struck by the lack of...Obiter Dicta
“That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event To which Read More
Recent Posts
SOUTH CAROLINA: Furman U researchers uncover 1,238 racially restrictive deeds connected to former board chairman In the post-World War 2 era, Alester G. Furman Jr. was in charge of the Read More