News From Around the South 8/28 to 9/4
SOUTH CAROLINA: New Cookbook Highlights South Carolina’s Jewish History and Culture Rachel Gordin Barnett and Lyssa Kligman Harvey have been friends for decades. Both Jewish natives of South Carolina, their mothers knew each other growing up — but they recently...
Stonewall’s Mapmaker
MECHANICSBURG, Pa.— Civil War and More Bookstore in Mechanicsburg has books for adults and children, as well as music, souvenirs, some model ironclads, and maps. Many of the maps owner Jim Schmick sells are replicas of charts drawn up during the Civil War. One of...
Our Sad Departure From Dr. King’s ‘Dream’
This past week, the nation noted the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The speech is without question a historic landmark, both in terms of recalling the unique stress of the time and in terms of...
News From Around the South 8/21 to 8/28
GEORGIA: Savannah Renames Square After First Black Civil War Nurse A public square in Georgia’s oldest city has been renamed after a black woman who played a major role in the US Civil War. SAVANNAH, Ga. — Born into slavery in 1848, Susie King Taylor was...
Change the Format of Debates
The Milwaukee debate was a travesty. Not that the moderators asked the wrong questions (though, seriously, UFOs?) or that the candidates gave the wrong answers — rather, the entire format is guaranteed to elicit the kind of behavior that least conduces to good...Obiter Dicta
PITTSBURGH — Walking out of the Allegheny County Republican election night event at a local luxury hotel, the young men Read More
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GEORGIA: Georgia lawmaker proposes ‘Confederate History Month’ ATLANTA – A Georgia lawmaker on Monday defended his proposal asking House colleagues to recognize “Confederate History Month,” but black lawmakers charge it Read More