Clemson becomes second SC university to rename equity and inclusion office
CLEMSON – Clemson University renamed its equity and inclusion office following leadership changes, making it the second major college in South Carolina to drop language that has become politically charged in the past year. As of last week, the new name of Clemson’s...
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FLORIDA: Florida Senate committee seeks to prevent removal of Confederate statues TALLAHASSEE — An effort to prevent removal of historical monuments and memorials started to advance Monday in the Senate as cities such as Jacksonville fight over Confederate...
Government by Experts
I have often thought that after Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson was our worst president. By worst is meant least faithful to the Constitution and most destructive of personal liberty. With the exception of Lincoln’s dictatorship — during which the federal...
The Ghosts of Black Appalachia Visit Her Kitchen
When Crystal Wilkinson wants to summon her kitchen ghosts, she retrieves a fuchsia-hued dress from her closet and hangs it in the doorway. The sturdy, double-hemmed garment invites her grandmother Christine, who sewed it by hand and wore it often before she died in...
The Most Dangerous Conservative
The New York Times put Charles Murray on the cover of its Sunday Magazine, calling him “The Most Dangerous Conservative.” That was after he co-wrote the book, “The Bell Curve,” which argued that different ethnic groups have, on average,...Obiter Dicta
The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. … They sought to protect Read More
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Louisiana: Legislators could use their campaign cash for clothing if bill passes Louisiana lawmakers might lift a prohibition on using their campaign and political action committee funding to purchase clothing Read More