Civil War Medicine: John Chase and the Lasting Legacies of Wartime Medicine
Civil War medicine did not exist in a vacuum only on battlefields and in hospitals. It began long before armies met in combat or men became ill; it began in classrooms, books, and lectures as surgeons and doctors learned and improved their skills and disseminated...
America Needs Political Prediction Markets
Just in time for the heat of the election season, a federal agency called the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced it will no longer allow betting on political and election outcomes. These online wagering platforms, most notably PredictIt, allow betting...
News From Around the South 9/19 to 9/26
VIRGINIA: Statue Debate Provokes Fiery Defense of Confederacy MATHEWS, Va. — Former county board member Jerry Sadler solemnly doffed his red “Make America Great Again” hat as he approached the microphone. “The Lord commanded us to love one another,” he began in a...
The Right To Travel
Watching the unprecedented, forced removals of immigrants from Texas to New York City, Martha’s Vineyard and the District of Columbia, I thought that my grandparents were fortunate to have entered the United States in an era, though xenophobic toward those from...
Two West Point Alumni Launch Effort to Honor First Black Soldiers of the Civil War
BEAUFORT — When they were students at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the 1970s, Ben Hodges and Chris Allen learned a lot about the country’s various armed engagements. Many years later — after Hodges retired as a three-star lieutenant general of the Army,...Obiter Dicta
WASHINGTON — Actress Sara Foster captured the rage of many Angelenos who have watched their city burn from the Palisades Read More
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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