A Great Man in Moscow
When the Trump administration obtained an indictment of Edward Snowden for violation of the Espionage Act of 1917, many of us who believe that the Fourth Amendment means what it says were deeply critical of the government, and we remain so today. Snowden is the former...Inside the Secretive Melting of Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Statue
SOMEWHERE IN THE U.S. SOUTH — It was a choice to melt down Robert E. Lee. But it would have been a choice to keep him intact, too. So the statue of the Confederate general that once stood in Charlottesville — the one that prompted the deadly Unite the Right rally in...
Is Abortion the Reason Democrats Are Heavily Investing in the Mississippi Governor’s Race?
National Democrats, flush with cash and looking for a narrative showing their party can retake the South from a near 20-year Republican dominance, are pulling out all the stops to try to create a competitive Mississippi governors’ race between incumbent Gov....
News From Around the South 10/23 to 10/30
WASHINGTON — Last Army Base Ditches Confederate Namesake The Army on Friday redesignated the last of nine installations that had been named after Civil War-era Confederates, completing a process that began nearly three years ago with an order from Congress. The...
Biden, War and the Constitution
Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitutional and legal requirements that must first be met before war is waged? Can the United States legally attack an ally? These questions should be critical to a public...Obiter Dicta
The past few days have featured the vice president of the United States lecturing the pope on morality and church Read More
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MARYLAND: Frederick, Maryland, had an active role in Revolutionary War Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told Read More