Seven State Flags Still Have Designs With Ties to the Confederacy
Amid the racial justice protests of 2020, when Confederate statues all over the country toppled, Mississippi became the last state to remove the Confederate battle flag from its state flag. It was a moment of reckoning for the Lost Cause mythology about the Civil War...Our Dangerous Narcissists
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News From Around the South 9/18 to 9/25
WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Cathedral Swaps Confederate Windows for Racial Justice Windows His paintings sometimes sell for millions. This one went for $18.65. Kerry James Marshall, whose works have adorned the walls of national galleries and celebrities’...
His Own Worse Enemy, Again
On “Meet the Press” last week, former President Donald Trump made a compelling case highlighting the differences between his years in office and President Joe Biden’s. He also substantially and irretrievably undercut his principal defense in the four...
The History of the Classic Southern ‘Meat and Three’ Meal
There’s a reason Southern food has such a legendary place in American culinary psychology: it’s been responsible for more classic food innovations than any regional cuisine in the country (even if fried green tomatoes aren’t actually from there)....Obiter Dicta
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