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....
Ending the Backlash
"Ending the Backlash on LGBTQI+ Issues" is the title of the report out this week from the respected liberal think tank The Center for American Progress. As you might expect, the Center report urges Democrats to stand firm in supporting transgender soldiers and...
News From Around the South, 7/20 to 7/27
SOUTH CAROLINA: A ‘treasure hunt’ with a purpose: USC students seek clues to university’s untold past A ring of portable yellow barriers surrounds an active worksite at the head of the historic Horseshoe on the University of South Carolina campus. Inside, a handful of...
The American Presidency and Perpetual War
One of the defining failures of modern American government has been the steady erosion of Congress's constitutional authority over war. The Constitution grants Congress — not the president — the power to declare war. Congress decides to go to war. The president wages...
Civil War Combat – Gettysburg’s Wheatfield: The Show that Left me Wanting More
The 1990s played host to some of the best-known pieces of Civil War media, from Gettysburg to The Civil War Journal. The decade was a Civil War buff’s dream, and riding this wave into 2000 was the History Channel, which produced the 12-episode series Civil War Combat....
The Limits of Merit
The New York City Public School system is 62% Black and Hispanic. At its eight most prestigious competitive high schools, 80% of the students are Asian or White. Wait — what's considered the most selective of the city's schools, Stuyvesant High, 777 students were...
News From Around the South, 7/13 to 7/20
MISSISSIPPI: Senatobia officer involved in fatal shooting of Black toddler was accused of making a racially offensive remark two days prior Sgt. Hunter Foster directed the remark at a Black colleague before the June 14 shooting outside Walmart, according to an...
Can Trump Sue Himself?
The question recently asked by a federal judge in Miami — can the president sue an entity in the executive branch of the federal government and benefit from the resolution of that lawsuit? — seems to beg the question. How could anyone sue an entity he controls and...
Confederate flag image at NC’s Great American State Fair stand sparks backlash
Visitors hoping to celebrate North Carolina’s history at the Great American State Fair last week were instead met with an ugly reminder of its darkest chapter: an image of North Carolina’s state flag altered to include the emblems of the Confederate battle flag. The...
Obiter Dicta
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