Random Acts of Intimidation
According to Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, “The White House, in coordination with the Department of Justice, has dismissed more than 50 U.S. attorneys and deputies in the past few weeks.” One of those dismissed was Adam Schleifer, a...
Fayetteville Museum Aims to Right the Record on Civil War History
The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction will use local stories to tell “the truth with all its blemishes”—even if it upsets some people. During the Civil War, North Carolina contributed more soldiers to the Confederate cause than...
The Cover-Up Is Always Worse Than The Crime
The White House press secretary accused him of being an “anti-Trump hater,” a “propagandist in the mainstream media,” and of trying to sell a Signal “hoax.” The president called him a “sleazebag.” President Donald Trump...
News From Around the South, 3/24 to 3/31
SOUTH CAROLINA: SC lawmakers taking steps to further protect Confederate monuments with penalties and context controls COLUMBIA — South Carolina lawmakers want to strengthen the state’s Heritage Act, which establishes protections for Confederate and other monuments by...
A Brief History of the Freedom of Speech
“I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” — Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists’ grievances with the British government....Obiter Dicta
President Barack Obama finally did last week what so many of us have been waiting for him — and Bill Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Furman U researchers uncover 1,238 racially restrictive deeds connected to former board chairman In the post-World War 2 era, Alester G. Furman Jr. was in charge of the Read More