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Campaigns Do Matter and Can Change History Jan. 26, 2019
In 1960, when John F. Kennedy was running for the White House against Richard Nixon, winning Democra... Read More
Southern States Offer Thunder Road Sites Jan. 19, 2019
By Steve Bergsman The house manager of the beautifully restored movie palace, the Paramount, in Bris... Read More
Strike a Deal on Wall Funding Jan. 09, 2019
It's depressing — but, at the same time, fitting — that the new Congress has come to tow... Read More
A Government Shutdown Would Hurt Democrats, Help President Trump Dec. 13, 2018
President Donald Trump has brilliantly maneuvered the Democrats so a government shutdown on his term... Read More
A Reasonable Proposal Put Forth on 'Silent Sam' Dec. 11, 2018
Chancellor Carol Folt and the trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have come ... Read More
Again, We Fight for the Vote Oct. 25, 2018
Coretta Scott King saw this coming. "Struggle is a never-ending process," she wrote a year after her... Read More
Bernie the Good Versus Bernie the Bad Apr. 24, 2018
Bernie Sanders is back in the news, showing us all both his good side and the bad. Let's start with ... Read More
Alabama Drama Ends on a Sweet Note Dec. 15, 2017
Sweet home Alabama. The rock 'n' roll song serenaded a swath of Democrats jubilantly watching the s... Read More
There Goes Colonel Sanders Aug. 21, 2017
One of the worst advertising flops I've ever seen has been the effort to replace the original Colone... Read More
Confederate Monuments and the Fourth of July Jul. 02, 2017
In 1871, the city of Richmond, Virginia, publicly celebrated the Fourth of July. It was an unfamilia... Read More
Were Confederate Generals Traitors? Jun. 28, 2017
My "Rewriting American History" column of a fortnight ago, about the dismantling of Confederate monu... Read More
History's Lessons Unlearned Feb. 16, 2017
WASHINGTON — The so-called alt-right has apparently lost another battle. It is the racially pr... Read More
The Trap of Becoming Only a Congressional Party Jul. 18, 2015
In five of the past six presidential elections, the Republican Party has lost the nation's popular v... Read More
Is the Civil War Over? Jul. 14, 2015
In the wake of the recent murders in a South Carolina church, the killer's hope of igniting a race w... Read More
Democrats Should Be Nicer to the South Sep. 30, 2014
MOBILE, Ala. — It's been noticed by just about everyone except what we call the "liberal estab... Read More
Nixon's 'Southern Strategy' and a Liberal Big Lie Jul. 04, 2014
"For the first time since President Richard M. Nixon's divisive 'Southern strategy' that sent whites... Read More
Senator Bob Corker and His Own People Feb. 24, 2014
Soviet-era chronicler of misery Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn pointed out that, to kill tens of millions of... Read More
When Political Loyalty Mattered Jan. 04, 2014
After having worked in or reported on the last 12 U.S. presidential elections, I am convinced that s... Read More
Will Americans Pay for American-Made? Dec. 03, 2013
Wow, this T-shirt costs only $8. Great color. Problem is, your finger could punch a hole through it.... Read More
