Opioid Epidemic Started in Civil War
We have grown numb hearing the dry statistics of opioid-induced fatal drug overdoses. Sadly, we’ve now reached a point where media outlets reporting on the epidemic compare the number of annual deaths to vehicle accidents and gun violence to provide context. It’s been...
Bush Funeral Raises Question: Who Will Speak for Trump?
WASHINGTON — Who will speak for President Donald Trump at his state funeral, far in the future though it should be? That must be what the 45th president was thinking as he sat in the front pew at the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush. Bush was eulogized by...
News From Around the South 12/3 to 12/10
NORTH CAROLINA: Group Flies Confederate Flag to Honor Civil War Dead BURKE COUNTY, N.C. – The Sons of Confederate Veterans have placed a 20-by-30-foot Confederate flag along Interstate 40 in eastern Burke County. The group is flying the flag because it believes...
Democrats in Trouble
Washington — I see that that the presidential prospects of Michael Avenatti have suffered a setback. Actually, they have suffered several setbacks. Critics of the aspiring Democratic candidate for 2020 are hopeful that his days as a candidate are numbered. His...
From Civil War Spy to Legendary Lawman
Pop culture always tells the stories of the outlaws of the Wild West. Lying, cheating, drinking, robbing banks, holding up train cars, getting into shootouts at high noon — these are all objectively cool things that make for great tales, but they’re often overplayed...Obiter Dicta
Washington — What is running through the mind of Russian President Vladimir Putin as 150,000 of his troops mass along Read More
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