A Nation Divided And A World In Turmoil
A happy, upbeat friend does not watch television news, whether national or local, does not read a newspaper and avoids discussing politics, religion or even sports. Self-employed, he found out about something called the coronavirus while driving to work the day the...
Do Conservatives Oppose Change?
If you Google “what is conservatism?” this is the definition you will receive: “Commitment to traditional values and ideas with opposition to change or innovation.” This is but one more illustration of the lack of objectivity wherever the Left...
News From Around the South 3/20 to 3/27
NORTH CAROLINA: Black Civil War Soldiers Finally Honored GOLDSBORO, N.C. — African Americans — among the first to volunteer to fight for the Union Army during the Civil War — have been among the last to get recognition for their service. But the men of the 135th...
What Happens When the Firemen Are Arsonists?
In the past week, two top-20 American banks failed. A bank failure occurs when government regulators determine that the current and likely demand for a return of deposits cannot be met. When this determination is made, the feds enter the picture and declare the bank...
W.E.B. Du Bois’s Little-Known, Arresting Modernist Data Visualizations of Black Life for the World’s Fair of 1900
In a recent research visit to the Emily Dickinson museum and archives in Amherst, I chanced upon a most improbable discovery of forgotten, pioneering work by another titan of culture. When thirty-one-year-old W.E.B. Du Bois (February 23, 1868–August 27, 1963) heard...Obiter Dicta
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SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. Parks Dept. Seeks $18M to Open Four New State Parks COLUMBIA — Four new state parks could open in 2025, if South Carolina’s parks department receives the Read More