Thoughts on the Death of My Dog
Last week, Otto, my beloved English bulldog, died. He died as he lived — peacefully. His presence in our home for 12 years was an unmitigated joy. He also, amazingly, became the best-known dog in America through sheer happenstance; he was on camera during almost all...
News From Around the South 4/24 to 5/1
VIRGINIA: Military Base Named After Robert E. Lee Redesignated FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. (WRIC)– The former Fort Lee army post has been renamed Fort Gregg-Adams after two black officers and trailblazers in United States Army history in a redesignation ceremony. Leaders...
Bullets of Separation
Shoot some more cheerleaders! America isn’t free yet! Yeah. That isn’t funny. It’s just that I don’t take shooting seriously. Not anymore. In case you missed the start of the joke, some guy in Texas shot two cheerleaders when one of them tried...
Mark Twain’s Brief Stint As A Confederate Soldier
“You have heard from a great many people who did something in the war; is it not fair and right that you listen a little moment to one who started out to do something in it but didn’t?” wrote Mark Twain in his semi-fictionalized wartime account, titled “The Private...
News From Around the South 4/17 to 4/24
TENNESSEE: White Lawmakers Speak Out for Insurrection in Honoring Confederate History The ghost of the Confederacy hangs heavily over the Tennessee Legislature. Justin Jones, one of two Black members expelled from the state’s House of Representatives in April 2023,...Obiter Dicta
Following the Eating Pets imbroglio, one would think that undecided voters would have their doubts quelled about how to vote Read More
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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