The Noble Dead
There’s been a mini-flap about former President Donald Trump’s recently reprehensible conduct at Arlington National Cemetery. First of all, what the hell did you expect? Secondly, when is Trump gonna stop with that cheesy “thumbs up” hand sign?...
News From Around the South, 9/2 to 9/9
NORTH CAROLINA: Buried military site emerges on NC’s Outer Banks, prompting beach contamination alert A stretch of Outer Banks beach within North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras National Seashore was closed Thursday, Sept. 5, due to contamination bubbling up from a...
Now, the Feds Are Spying on Congress
Those who have sown the wind shall reap the whirlwind.” — Hosea 8:7 The federal antipathy to compliance with the Constitution is well known and well documented. Presidents have declared war in contravention of the constitutional command that only Congress may do...
The Violent History of the U.S.‑Mexico Border
Chinese immigrants, escaped slaves, and Native Americans were all people U.S. forces tried to keep on one side or the other. America’s southern border—which has shifted multiple times with U.S. expansion—was formed through violence. Texas and American militias used...
What Are We Conserving?
When my friend David French — New York Times columnist, pro-life evangelical, and lifelong conservative — announced that he would be voting for Kamala Harris, it was like dropping a Porterhouse steak amid a pride of lions. The Dispatch’s Jonah Goldberg wrote a...Obiter Dicta
There is lore about the 1862 meeting between Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” — the influential novel Read More
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Louisiana: Legislators could use their campaign cash for clothing if bill passes Louisiana lawmakers might lift a prohibition on using their campaign and political action committee funding to purchase clothing Read More