Book Review: Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War
While some studies on Civil War memory appeared in the early and mid-twentieth century, those associated with the beginnings of a widening scholarly emergence on this topic focused primarily on Confederate subjects, particularly the Lost Cause. Books like Gaines M....
Why the CBO Almost Always Gets It Wrong
These days it seems that a mysterious group called “the CBO” rules the world, or at least Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, it’s not very good at predicting things, and its bad calls can lead to bad policy results. The Congressional Budget Office and...
News From Around the South, 6/2 to 6/9
GEORGIA: Young Slime Life trial ends, but legislation it spawned still has life in Georgia ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A case against several high profile rap artists, the longest trial in Georgia’s history, essentially ended on Monday. With the final...
Winners and Losers
That’s what tax bills are all about — who pays more and who pays less, who gets the benefits and who ends up holding the bag. President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” should come as a surprise to no one. It’s a bonanza for the rich....
The Last Major Confederate Surrender: Smith, Buckner, Shelby, and Price Debate Their Options and Submission in New Orleans, May 26, 1865
Dating when the American Civil War ended is a point of debate. All that can be agreed upon is that the fall of Richmond and Petersburg, followed quickly by Robert E. Lee’s submission at Appomattox, created a chain reaction that assured collapse. Lee and his ability to...Obiter Dicta
In a famous Supreme Court one-liner, reminding the legal community of the finality of the court’s rulings, the late Justice Read More
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