News From Around the South 7/25 to 8/1
SOUTH CAROLINA: $50,000 Grant Will Help Restore Historic Daufuskie Island Cemetery CHARLESTON, S.C. — Daufuskie Island, a remote seat of Gullah-Geechee culture since the end of the Civil War, once bustled with activity and commerce. For around 40 years, the...
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An oxymoron is “a combination of contradictory or incongruous words,” according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary. Think of the phrases “open secret” or “working vacation.” This week, the oxymoron that came to my mind was...
10 Best Bars in the South
It may have been a while since you put on a pair of “nice pants” to go to a bar, but when that very 2022 confluence of joie de vivre and pandemic ennui begins to stir and you hear about a new piano bar with red booths or a semisecret room with Kubrick-level design...
What Makes Biden So Pugnacious?
That friendly fist bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman might not have been such a defining moment — had Biden not first set himself up. During the 2020 campaign, Biden said that when he encounters the prince, he would treat him like the...
News From Around the South 7/18 to 7/25
VIRGINIA: Varina Farmland Where Civil War Battle Fought to be Preserved in Perpetuity Growing up in Varina in the 1940s and ’50s, Howard Eberly played on his family’s farm, swam in the creek and found “treasures” on the land. Turns out, some of those treasures are...Obiter Dicta
A little over a year ago, I spent a week living and studying at the Vatican as a guest lecturer Read More
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NORTH CAROLINA: New N.C. bill would introduce AAPI history to school curriculum A new bill in the N.C. General Assembly is calling for Asian American and Pacific Islander history to Read More