The Right to Be Left Alone
"The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. ... They conferred against the Government the right to be let alone — most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men." — Justice Louis D....
Southern Living Names Southern Food Hall of Fame: 50 Iconic Foods And Drinks Chosen By Readers
Southerners always seem to be thinking about good food. We dream about breakfast in our sleep. Then, while we fight over the last piece of bacon, we make a plan for lunch, during which the supper menu is proposed, debated, and ratified. From the jars, bottles, boxes,...
The Persecution of a Public Servant
Anthony Fauci is an American hero. He spent his entire life in public service. He took on impossible challenges — and impossible people. He saved millions of lives around the world. And what does he get for it? A comfortable, well-earned retirement to spend as he...
News From Around the South, 8/3 to 8/10
SOUTH CAROLINA: Historic portraits telling the story of Black South Carolinians now online through USC library COLUMBIA — A young boy looks directly into the camera with his arms wrapped around his pet rooster. A boxer crouches in a fighting stance, gloves up in front...
The Normalcy of American Wars
The war in Iran is unlawful and unconstitutional, but in post-World War II America, it is normal. Here is the backstory. When President Donald Trump decided to begin bombing Iran last June, he did not state a coherent or lawful reason for doing so. His director of...
These Five “Witness Trees” Were Present At Key Moments In America’s History
These still-standing trees are a living testament to our country’s tragic past A witness tree begins its life like any other tree. It sprouts. It grows. And then it’s thrust into the spotlight, playing an involuntary part in a significant historic event. Often, that...
Dr. Fauci’s Good Lawyers
111 times. That's how many times Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid falling into the perjury trap Sen. Rand Paul was setting for him. Dr. Fauci was not brought in to testify because they needed to know more about what he had said and done in the...
News From Around the South 7/27 to 8/3
SOUTH CAROLINA: One of Beaufort’s best-known trees topples. Will its other half survive? One of Beaufort’s most famous and historic trees split in two over the weekend, with half of it falling to the ground with a crash heard around the Lowcountry. The towering live...
Why the Blanche Nomination Should Be Rejected
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is not qualified to be the attorney general of the United States because he has demonstrated a hopeless conflict between the rule of law — which he has taken an oath to support — and his sense of personal loyalty to President...
Following President George Washington’s footsteps through Salem and the Guilford battlefield
In the spring of 1791, President George Washington visited Salem and the site of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse as part of a tour of the southern U.S. that took him from Virginia to Georgia, according to Warren L. Bingham, author of a book about the trip....
Obiter Dicta
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