News From Around the South 8/14 to 8/21
VIRGINIA: Gold coins, a toothbrush and a bullet in the spine mark Civil War graves A circa 1893 lithograph showing the Battle of Williamsburg. Confederate soldiers were found buried at a site near a church used as a hospital during the Civil War. (Library of Congress)...
The True History of Custer’s Last Stand
Sometimes to get remembered in history, you need a great publicist. The Battle of Little Bighorn—also known as ‘Custer’s Last Stand’— is a chapter in U.S. history that some historians are arguing needs a rewrite. The story American students are generally taught is...
America Stands for Fair Trials
In America, every defendant is supposed to get a fair trial. It’s guaranteed in our Bill of Rights. That guarantee sets us apart from banana republics, and we take pride in it. Democratic prosecutors have rolled out four indictments against former President...
News From Around the South, 8/7 to 8/14
New Sculpture is Taking Shape Where Statue of Confederate President Once Stood NEW ORLEANS — Watch this space. As Canal Street commuters have probably noticed, something’s going on at the site of the former monument to Jefferson Davis on the Norman C. Francis...
The FBI Unwittinglly Investigates Itself!
In April of this year, the FBI began an investigation to determine who was using illegal software to spy from within the United States on persons in Mexico. The software was illegal because its Israeli manufacturer, a company called NSO, had previously crafted other...Obiter Dicta
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GEORGIA: Bill backed by Confederate monument defenders knocked down in the Georgia House Sponsor argued his bill would protect all monuments, not just Confederate monuments A bill backed by neo-Confederates Read More