News From Around the South, 5/29 to 6/5
NORTH CAROLINA: Fort Bragg Drops Confederate Namesake in Army Rebranding FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a Friday ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more...
History of Memorial Day Rooted in Civil War
Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest for travel in the United States and the unofficial start of summer; a day for cookouts, beach trips and auto races. But how did Memorial Day, held on the last Monday of May in honor of America’s war dead, begin? Here is a...
Welcome to Major League Baseball’s Struggle Sessions
The Toronto Blue Jays’ Anthony Bass is really sorry. You see, Major League Baseball teams like the Dodgers will honor men in nun costumes who hand out condoms and simulate sex on crosses — that’s just “inclusivity.” Orthodox Christians with...
Tim Scott and the Republican Id
Watching Tim Scott’s announcement speech, I was struck by how differently I would have responded to his message 10 years ago. In 2013 I wrote: “It’s to their credit that Republicans are obsessed with getting the government to address its unconscionable and...
News From Around the South 5/22 to 5/29
VIRGINIA: Judge Denies Plaintiff’s Motion in Ongoing Lawsuit Over Confederate Statue he judge overseeing the case of Charlottesville’s former Robert E. Lee statue, the one that touched off a violent weekend nearly six years ago when white nationalists rallied...Obiter Dicta
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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 Read More