Book Review: The Beechers: America’s Most Influential Family
Upon first glance, the title, The Beechers: America’s Most Influential Family, makes a bold claim that may draw both reflection and an initial skepticism from readers. Surely, across the 250 years of United States history, some political or business family dynasty had...
What is Gavin Newsom Doing?
There is an obvious answer to what California Gov. Gavin Newsom is doing. He’s running for president. There is nothing inherently wrong with that. He is nothing if not ambitious. He’s termed out as governor and in two years will be looking for a place to...
News From Around the South, 3/17 to 3/24
SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston removed statue of John C. Calhoun almost 5 years ago. A fight over its fate continues The future of a bronze effigy of John C. Calhoun continues to be debated in South Carolina courts — rather than in City Hall — years after Charleston City...
Perilous Times for Personal Liberty
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — Because I...
What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly
In the first act of the wittiest Irish play of the nineteenth century, Oscar Wilde’s “Importance of Being Earnest,” there is much ado about a shortage of food. The fearsome Aunt Augusta is coming to tea, but we have watched the feckless Algernon eat all the cucumber...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
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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