Nazism’s Successor: Islamic Nazism
“In every generation they arise to annihilate us.” That statement appears in the Haggadah, the book read from at the Passover Seder. The book is about 1,000 years old; the statement is more than 2,000 years old. A generation or two ago, it was the Nazis...
News from Around the South 10/2 to 10/9
SOUTH CAROLINA: Group Seeks to Further Preserve Remains of Colonial-Era Fort CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Changes are soon coming to Marion Square in downtown Charleston, as officials are trying to preserve the remains of an old Revolutionary War fort that’s...
A Constitution the Government Evades
Six months ago, FBI officials boasted that in 2022 their agents had spied on only 120,000 Americans without search warrants! Under the Constitution, that number should be ZERO. This revelation is supposed to give members of Congress comfort that the folks we have...
The shadow of the confederacy: Culture, institutions, and the geography of racial animus in the US
In recent years, the national political discourse in the US has been rocked by debate on the enduring impact of race and racism in society. Contentious and intense discussions have revolved around incidents of police-related violence against Black people (Bunn 2022);...
How Would Frederick Douglas View Today’s Left?
Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. This man began life as an illiterate slave — nearly all slave owners prevented slaves from learning to read — and rose from slavery to become, along with Abraham Lincoln, the greatest orator of his...Obiter Dicta
I’ve always been both a small-r republican and an Anglophile, so I looked upon the British monarchy with at least Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: With location and design selected, SC’s Robert Smalls monument needs funding The monument is expected to cost between $1 million and $2 million for the cost of the Read More