The More the Merrier
Get ready for two more entries into the Republican race for the White House: Ron DeSantis, who has been unofficially running and is ready to really begin his campaign, and Sen. Tim Scott, the Black Republican, who this week officially jumped in the race. Scott, who is...
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...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