News From Around the South 7/4 to 7/11
SOUTH CAROLINA: Conservation Groups Rally To Protect Historic Rice Plantation MONCKS CORNER — Lowcountry conservation groups have protected 600 more acres of mature bottomland hardwood forests and historic inland rice fields along the Cooper River. They plan to make a...
Mass Shootings Are Terrorism
In a sense, the mass murder at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, was a symbol of how badly off-track our country has gotten. Amid the bunting and marching bands and families on lawn chairs, a disturbed idiot with a powerful rifle fired randomly at...
British Side of Sullivan’s Island Defeat Examined
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND — It was a notable defeat, and it turned the tide of the war. The British officers who led the assault against American rebels at Sullivan’s Island in 1776 put a positive spin on it afterward, omitting facts about their bloody losses and the...
The Supreme Court Voids Religious Neutrality
The First Amendment reflects a principled but shrewd attitude toward religion, which can be summarized: Government should keep its big fat nose out of matters of faith. The current Supreme Court, however, is not in full agreement with that proposition. It is in half...
News From Around the South 6/27 to 7/4
TENNESSEE: Group Campaigns to Abolish All Forms of Slavery in Tennessee, Amend Constitution NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The effort to remove slavery as a form of punishment in the Tennessee Constitution moves to the hands of voters this fall. It’s an effort that’s been...Obiter Dicta
PITTSBURGH — Walking out of the Allegheny County Republican election night event at a local luxury hotel, the young men Read More
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GEORGIA: Georgia lawmaker proposes ‘Confederate History Month’ ATLANTA – A Georgia lawmaker on Monday defended his proposal asking House colleagues to recognize “Confederate History Month,” but black lawmakers charge it Read More