News From Around the South, 2/23 to 3/1
VIRGINIA: Virginia just took a big step toward confronting climate change I’m excited to share that Virginia just took a huge step toward rejoining a climate program that has cut carbon emissions across the Commonwealth and the country. Late Friday, newly elected...
The Price of Perfect Nihilism
When President Donald Trump first announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to attack fishing boats and speedboats on the high seas which he said carried dangerous drugs destined for willing buyers in the United States, many of us who monitor the government for its...
The Last Class of the Dean of Southern Cuisine
Down in Savannah, over on Waters Avenue, in the shadow of Memorial Health University Medical Center, lies a quaint, cloud-rain-gray cottage. Compared to the stately homes farther up the street, it’s just a slip of a thing, easily missed. The only indication of the...
Equal Time and the Public Interest
Stephen Colbert was right to be mad. His bosses at CBS put the kabosh on an interview he wanted to do with a Texas Senate candidate on his late-night talk show. But you can't just blame CBS. The fault lies, as it so often does these days, in the Trump administration,...
News From Around the South, 2/16 to 2/23
TEXAS: Texas A&M researchers preserving historic cannon from the Alamo COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Researchers at Texas A&M University are preserving a piece of Texas history. According to the university, researchers at the Conservation Research Laboratory are...
Liberty Without Strings
"Freedom has more often been lost in small steps by progressive incrementalism, than it has been by catastrophic upheavals such as violence or war." — James Madison (1751-1836) Last week, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which covers Louisiana,...
A History of Potlucks in the South
"What's your potluck dish?" Here in the South, it's a question one might ask of a potential employee, church committee member or even a spouse. It's nearly as important as the question "which college football team do you root for?" Calm down; I said "nearly." Any-hoo,...
Does Steve Bannon Have a Mirror?
There may be nobody — perhaps not even Donald Trump himself — who embodies the degeneracy of what used to be called conservatism like Stephen K. Bannon. That the "War Room" host still exerts influence over the American and international right as a media personality,...
News From Around the South, 2/9 to 2/16
SOUTH CAROLINA: Massive Confederate flag flown over I-85 in Spartanburg down after court ruling SPARTANBURG — Roughly four years after the Sons of Confederate Veterans raised it over Interstate 85 in Spartanburg County, a massive Confederate flag is no longer flying...
The Democrats’ Opportunity — If They Can Seize It
President Donald Trump's approval rating is sinking and gasping for air. His average net approval stands at -13.7, which is lower than Joe Biden's was at this point in his term. This matters beyond cosmic justice: The president's approval rating is the best predictor...
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