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)....
Will the Last Steelworker Out of Piittsburgh Please Turn Out the Light?
CLAIRTON, Pennsylvania — The first steel plant located here along the Monongahela River just over 20 miles south of Pittsburgh was built in 1901. By 1903, the borough of Clairton formed around the industry, and by 1904, U.S. Steel acquired the plant from St. Clair...
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TENNESSEE: State defends GOP measure that protects Confederate monuments Five years ago — as part of a backlash against efforts in Memphis to remove a statue of Ku Klux Klan-founder Nathan Bedford Forrest from a city park — a Republican majority in the Tennessee...
Where does the South Begin?
More than a decade ago, on the first day of a college seminar titled “The American South,” Glenda Gilmore—one of the deans of Southern history—challenged my classmates and me to define the borders of the South. It was a surprisingly difficult task. Everyone agreed on,...
9/11 and the Politics of Evil
Three days after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the worst and most murderous attack on the United States in history, President George W. Bush declared “a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance.” He went to the National Cathedral and spoke to the...Obiter Dicta
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, Mankind would Read More
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TEXAS: State Celebrates Texas Independence Day It was on March 2, 1836, when historians believe the original and five copies of the Texas Declaration of Independence were written and signed Read More