News From Around the South 1/23 to 1/30

News From Around the South 1/23 to 1/30

ALABAMA: Confederate Group Instructed to Remove Tuskeegee Statue MACON COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) – The Tuskegee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy has 60 days to remove a controversial statue in the town square, according to a Macon County Circuit...

George Who?

Back in the ’90s, my ex-husband wrote a movie about a con man who discovers where the money is and runs for Congress and actually gets elected. The movie, “The Distinguished Gentleman,” was very funny. In real life, it’s not so funny. I wonder...

News From Around the South, 1/16 to 1/23

TEXAS: Lamakers Want To Remove Confederate Heroes Day HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Texas lawmaker is pushing to eliminate a state holiday that’s celebrated on Jan. 19. That holiday is known as “Confederate Heroes Day,” and it was created in 1973...
Spendaholic Politicians Are Destroying Your Economic Future

The FBI And Personal Liberty

Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction of the “wall” between federal law enforcement and federal spies. The wall was erected in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which...