MAGA Is Anti-Christian Now
The past few days have featured the vice president of the United States lecturing the pope on morality and church doctrine; Sean Hannity making it official that he worships at the Church of Trump; Pete Hegseth quoting made-up verses from "Pulp Fiction" as if they were...
News From Around the South, 4/20 to 4/27
MARYLAND: Frederick, Maryland, had an active role in Revolutionary War Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home...
A Secret Act of Judicial Tyranny
In a famous Supreme Court one-liner, reminding the legal community of the finality of the court's rulings, the late Justice William J. Brennan Jr. is reputed to have said that the Constitution means whatever any five of us say it means. This reflects the basic math...
National Park Service Awards $8.5 Million in Land and Water Conservation Fund Grants to Preserve Historic Battlefield Lands
Additional round of grants awarded to conserve America’s historic landscapes and outdoor heritage WASHINGTON — The National Park Service today announced it will award $8,567,745 in Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants funded through the Land and Water Conservation...
The Kindness of Strangers
I've been playing in the public arenas of politics and commentary, of columns and television and campaigns, for long enough not to pretend that it was all warm and fuzzy back then. It was mean and sometimes scary. But mostly not. Even during the "hottest" times, we...
News from Around the South, 4/13 to 4/20
SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Just wonderful’: USC musicians perform at Congaree National Park for country’s 250th birthday In a celebration of American music, the student performers also hoped to introduce more people to classical performances HOPKINS — The birds that usually...
American Heresy
The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. ... They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be...
Dangers of Disease in American Revolutionary War
As America celebrates 250 years of independence, here is a look back at the price the Revolutionary War service members paid for freedom. Besides being killed by the enemy, the thing most feared by soldiers during the war was dying from disease — and with good reason....
Suddenly Accountable: For Social Media Giants, the Party May Be Over
There is lore about the 1862 meeting between Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," — the influential novel about slavery — and former President Abraham Lincoln. "So," President Lincoln is reported to have greeted her, "you're the woman who wrote the...
News From Around the South, 4/6 to 4/13
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 for themselves. State Rep. Jason DeWitt, R-Tioga, has...
Obiter Dicta
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